Walks

"Walks. The body advances while the mind flutters around it like a bird."

--Jules Renard

Seeking...

"If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk."

--Raymond Inmon

One reason I walk...

"Solvitur ambulando." ("It is solved by walking.")

--Saint Jerome

Pirates...

"Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."

--from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi

Lesson

"When you are older you will know that life is a long lesson in humility."

--from James M. Barrie's The Little Minister

Powerful...

"Mystery and disappointment are not absolutely indispensable to the growth of love, but they are, very often, its powerful auxiliaries."

--from Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby

Take your time...

"With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes satin. With time and patience, the mulberry leaf becomes silk."

--Chinese proverb