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Majestic ridges of blue trace my inner wilderness. Weathered over the years. transformed as earth and sky meet. Like my Inner and outer life. Requiring a true north to navigate.  A compass for those moments when the inner blizzards cause me to lose my way. Walking these ridges of life in the company of fellow pilgrims, restores my understanding of my place amidst the grandeur. ~Chuck Millsaps - Minister of Culture, Great Outdoor Provision Co.

A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. ~Paul Dudley White

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found,was really going in. ~John Muir, 1913

Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.~Henry DavidThoreau

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.~Wallace Stevens

When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber of your body. I measure your health by the number of shoes and hats and clothes you have worn-out.~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.~John Muir

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.~Soren Kierkegaard

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.~RalphWaldo Emerson

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.~Jacqueline Schiff

There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast.~Paul Scott Mowrer, The House of Europe.

If you pick 'em up, O Lord, I'll put 'em down.~Author Unknown, "Prayer of the Tired Walker"

We live in a fast-paced society. Walking slows us down.~Robert Sweetgall

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.~Henry David Thoreau

If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish.~Charles Dickens

I stroll along serenely, with my eyes, my shoes, my rage, forgetting everything.~Pablo Neruda, translated

I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least-and it is commonly more than that-sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields,absolutely free from all worldly engagements.~Henry David Thoreau