“Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable. It may, for a while, be irksome to do this, but that will wear off; and the practice will produce a rich harvest forever thereafter; whether in public or private walks of life.” MayWalksPracticeForeverRichProduceHabitHealthyFamiliarHarvestProfitableWalks Of Life Book:Letters and Addresses, Source: Letters and Addresses,
“Stories twist and turn and grow and meet and give birth to other stories. Here and there, one story touches another, and a familiar character, sometimes the hero, walks over the bridge from one story into another.” GivingSometimesCharacterStoriesTurnsGrowsWalksBirthHeroFamiliarBridgesTwistsHere And ThereTwists And Turns Book:Blood Red, Snow White: n/a Source: Blood Red, Snow White: n/a
“The saddest human experience is to view alone the scenes one has viewed through other eyes - to walk solitary where one has walked in company - to have its particular barbed shaft aimed at one from every stick and stone that mark familiar ways.” WayHumansEyeWalksViewsCompanyParticularSceneStonesMarkSticksAbsenceNostalgiaFamiliarSolitaryHuman ExperienceSaddestSticks And Stones Book:Max Source: Max
“I have my own way to walk and for some reason or other Zen is right in the middle of it wherever I go. So there it is, with all its beautiful purposelessness, and it has become very familiar to me though I do not know "what it is." Or even if it is an "it." Not to be foolish and multiply words, I'll say simply that it seems to me that Zen is the very atmosphere of the Gospels, and the Gospels are bursting with it. It is the proper climate for any monk, no matter what kind of monk he may be. If I could not breathe Zen I would probably die of spiritual asphyxiation.” IfsKnowsWayKindMayMatterReasonSeemsBeautifulSpiritualDiesMy OwnWalksMiddleNo Matter WhatClimateBreatheFoolishFamiliarAtmosphereIf I CouldMonkBurstingPurposelessnessAsphyxiation Book:Encounter: Thomas Merton & D.T. Suzuki Source: Encounter: Thomas Merton & D.T. Suzuki
“For me parks are good when first of all, they're not impeccable, and when solitude has appropriated them in such a way that solitude itself becomes an emblem, a defining trait for walkers, sporadic at best, who in my opinion should be irrevocably lost or absorbed in thought, and a bit confused, too, as when one walks through a space that's at once alien and familiar.” WayShouldFirstsLostBitsSpaceWalksOpinionSolitudeFamiliarAliensConfusedParksTraitsDefiningWalkersEmblemsImpeccableSporadic Author:Sergio Chejfec
“Most of us prefer to walk backward into the future, a posture that may be uncomfortable but which at least allows us to keep on looking at familiar things as long as we can.” MayLongWalksTeachingFamiliarUncomfortablePostureTeaching LearningFamiliar Things Author:Charles Handy