John Muir on the origin of the word "saunter" https://t.co/M2LsSKMsq4
Henry David Thoreau, one of the great explorers of his time, reminded himself in his journal, “It matters not where or how far you travel—the farther commonly the worse—but how much alive you are.
Pico Iyer • The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere (TED Books)
Travelling on foot isn’t about testing your limits or exercising or hiking with a tent on your back. It’s about moving through a landscape, embarking on a process of discovery, with no shelter at hand. My voyages on foot – wandering out into the world unprotected – have always been essential experiences for me. For hours during my walk around Germa
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Ce lyrisme exalté, qui utilise les ressources de la prédication pour louer la Nature, c’est la peinture qui peut en donner l’idée. L’émerveillement peut encore exister en notre siècle sceptique, mais il ne s’exprime plus comme ça. Muir est nourri de psaumes et de poésie, en un temps où les sciences de la nature consistaient surtout à observer, à re
... See moreAlexis Jenni • J'aurais pu devenir millionnaire, j'ai choisi d'être vagabond (French Edition)
The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men; and so with the paths which the mind travels. How worn and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity! I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best s
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