“My first name - I have no middle name - was chosen by my father, as he told me, on that solitary walk in the forested hills. He selected it from a verse of the seventh chapter of Isaiah; there was no Immanuel among our ancestors known to him.” FirstsFatherNamesWalksKnownMiddleChosenHillsAncestorSolitaryChaptersVersesSelected Author:Immanuel Velikovsky
“I was drawn to be very solitary as a scholar. I lived a very quiet life, aloof, with my books, with my walks in nature, meditating, and of course with my teacher.” BookCoursesWalksTeacherQuietScholarSolitaryRamaMeditatingAloofQuiet LifeWalks In Nature Author:Frederick Lenz
“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
“Within minutes my 115-mile walk through the desert hills becomes a thing apart, a disjunct reality on the far side of a bottomless abyss, immediately beyond physical recollection.But it's all still there in my heart and soul. The walk, the hills, the sky, the solitary pain and pleasure-they will grow larger, sweeter, lovelier in the days to come, like a treasure found and then, voluntarily, surrendered. Returned to the mountains with my blessing. It leaves a golden glowing on the mind.” MindHeartStillsSoulRealityPainFoundGrowsSidesWalksPleasureSkyMinutesMy HeartBlessingMountainMilesTreasureGoldenHillsDesertSolitaryAbyssHeart And SoulGlowingRecollectionPain And PleasureMy BlessingFar SideDays To Come Author:Edward Abbey
“I found the best ideas usually came, not when one was actively striving for them, but when one was in a more relaxed state… I used to take long solitary walks on Sundays, during which I tended to review the current situation in a leisurely way. Such occasions often proved fruitful, even though (or perhaps, because) the primary purpose of the walk was relaxation and not research.” WayLongIdeasStatesUsedPurposeFoundWalksSituationResearchStriveCurrentsOccasionsPrimariesSundayReviewsSolitaryAutobiographyRelaxationRelaxedCurrent Situation Author:Paul Dirac
“I am not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk and tread the paths of private life with heartfelt satisfaction.” AbleWalksViewsPathSatisfactionEmploymentRetiringSolitaryRetiredPrivate LifeHeartfelt Book:Life Source: Life