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“Thus, instead of stretching their hands skyward to implore the mercy of celestial divinities, American Indians preferred to walk barefoot on the Earth[.]”
― Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
― Soren Kierkegaard

“The labourer awoke and saw that the princess, the flying carpet, and the magic table loth were gone. Only his walking boots remained.”
― Francis Spufford, Red Plenty

“For, once you no longer expect anything from the world on these aimless and peaceful walks, that is when the world delivers itself to you.”
― Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking