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“The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves.”

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Paracelsus, born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, was a Swiss physician, alchemist, and astrologer. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern medicine and chemistry, having a profound impact on later generations. more

“There there is nothing like a wilderness journey for rekindling the fires of life. Simplicity is part of it. Cutting the cackle. Transportation reduced to leg - or arm - power, eating irons to one spoon. Such simplicity, together with sweat and silence, amplify the rhythms of any long journey, especially through unknown, untattered territory. And in the end such a journey can restore an understanding of how insignificant you are -- and thereby set you free.”

Source: River: One Man's Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea

“When my neighbor walks the dogs, he performs a ritual act of sacer simplicitas, to use the church Latin: "sacred simplicity." Walking the dog is in truth a ritual of renewal and revival on an intimate scale - a small rebirth of well-being on a daily basis.”

Wells Use Church Walks Journey Dog Walking Bases Sacred Simplicity Neighbor Scales Wander Well Being Intimate Latin Ritual Hiking Rebirth Renewal Revival Trekking Strolling Sauntering

Author:Robert Fulghum

“Our philosophies must be rewritten to remove them from the domain of words and "ideas," and to plant their roots firmly in the earth.”

Ideas Philosophy Earth Walks Journey Walking Roots Plant Wander Remove Hiking Domain Trekking Strolling Sauntering

Author:William Vogt

“As I went walking That ribbon of highway I saw above me The endless skyway I saw below me The lonesome valley This land was made for you and me.”

Made Walks Saws Journey Land Walking Endless Wander Valleys Hiking Highways Trekking Strolling Sauntering Ribbons Lonesome

Author:Woody Guthrie

“Frankly, I fail to see how going for a six-month, thousand-mile walk through deserts and mountains can be judged less real than spending six months working eight hours a day, five days a week, in order to earn enough money to be able to come back to a comfortable home in the evening and sit in front of a TV screen and watch the two-dimensional image of some guy talking about a book he has written on a six-month, thousand-mile walk through deserts and mountains.”

Source: The Complete Walker IV

“The street curves in and out, up and down in great waves of asphalt; at night the granite tomb is noisy with starlings like the creaking of many axles; only the tired walker know how much there is to climb, how the sidewalk curves into the cold wind.”

Source: The Poems of Charles Reznikoff: 1918-1975

“Wilderness is a place where the wild potential is fully expressed, a diversity of living and nonliving beings flourishing according to their own sorts of order. In ecology we speak of "wild systems." When an ecosystem is fully functioning, all the members are present at the assembly. To speak of wilderness is to speak of wholeness. Human beings came out of that wholeness, and to consider the possibility of reactivating membership in the Assembly of All Beings is in no way regressive.”

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