“Time takes life away and gives us memory...”
― Mysticism for Beginners: Poems
― Mysticism for Beginners: Poems
“His tears were for joy, for a sudden warmth of understanding that did not yet have these terms of definition: how loving and good people were, how kind the world was that had ambulances in it that came quickly out of nowhere whenever there was sorrow and pain. Always there, an entire system, just below the surface of everyday life, watchfully waiting, ready with all its knowledge and skill to come and help, embedded within a greater network of kindness he had yet to discover.”
― Lessons
― Lessons
“Joy tends to involve some transcendence of self. It’s when the skin barrier between you and some other person or entity fades away and you feel fused together. Joy is present when mother and baby are gazing adoringly into each other’s eyes, when a hiker is overwhelmed by beauty in the woods and feels at one with nature, when a gaggle of friends are dancing deliriously in unison. Joy often involves self-forgetting.”
― The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
― The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
“Walking is among the most life-affirming of human activities. It is the way we organize space and orient ourselves to the world at large. It is the living proof that repetition—placing one foot in front of the other—can in fact allow a person to make meaningful progress.”
― Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are
― Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are
“Although walking arises from our deep, evolutionary past, it is our future too: for walking will do you all the good that you now know it does.”
― In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration
― In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration
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