• JOURNEYS OF DISCOVERY ARE NOT SOMETHING YOU START DOING, BUT SOMETHING YOU GRADUALLY STOP DOING.

• TIME PASSES MORE QUICKLY WHEN I INCREASE THE SPEED OF TRAVEL. WALKING EXPANDS TIME RATHER THAN COLLAPSES IT.

• CHAOS IS KING WHEN I FIRST STRIKE OUT ON MY WALK, BUT AS I ARRIVE, THINGS HAVE BECOME MORE ORDERLY, EVEN WHEN I HAVEN’T GIVEN A THOUGHT TO THE CHAOS AS I’VE WALKED ALONG.

• A SAYING IN NORWEGIAN: MUCH WANTS MORE.

• TIME SPENT WITH TREES CAN STRENGTHEN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, LOWER CHOLESTEROL LEVELS, AND ACT AS PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE.

• WHEN SOMETHING IS TOO EASILY OBTAINED, IT RAPIDLY LOSES ITS PLEASURE

• “IMAGINE YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES AND OPEN THEM AGAIN IN TWENTY YEARS. WHAT WOULD YOU BE HAPPY TO SEE?”

This book directly inspired my own thinking On Walking