Whatever the Problem, It’s probably solved by walking.

The title of this NYT opinion tells it all…

Andrew McCarthy is the author of “Walking With Sam: A Father, a Son, and Five Hundred Miles Across Spain.”

Walking is the worst-kept secret I know. Its rewards hide under every step.

“walking is man’s best medicine.”
“If you are in a bad mood, gofor a walk. If you are still in a bad mood, go for another walk.”

Hippocrates

I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it

Soren Kierkegaard

Now shall I walk
Or shall I ride?
“Ride,” Pleasure said.
“Walk,” Joy replied.

(W.H. Davies)

If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish

Charles Dickens

Walking buoys the spirits in a way that feels real and earned.
It feels owned.
And walking, like a generous partner, meets us more than halfway.

Thoughts come clearly while one walks.

Thomas Mann

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is the perfect way of moving if you want to see into the life of things

Elizabeth von Arnim

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There is something about walking that animates and activates my ideas

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Walking … is how the body measures itself against the earth.

Rebecca Solnit

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I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.

Henry David Thoreau

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I only went out for a walk and … going out,
I found,
was really going in

John Muir