We must always move forward, into the unknown, even on the smallest walk, driven by the spirit of eternal adventure, determined never to return.

Walking is based on two lectures given by Thoreau towards the end of his life (in 1862) and summarizes his ideas about nature and humanity as shaped during his long stay in the woods.

In nature, he sees not only the beauty that surrounds him but also all the guarantees for true freedom and individual development, since, after all, “all great things are wild and free.” He suggests walking as the best way to restore one's connection to nature and to rediscover the primal and creative self that has been corrupted and declined by the “achievements” of civilization.

As a prominent member of the transcendentalism movement in the United States during the mid-19th century, the essayist, thinker, poet, and fervent opponent of slavery Henry David Thoreau declared through his writings, public speeches, and entire way of life the absolute necessity for individuals to live freely, unconstrained, and in harmony with their natural environment.

Both his vigorous essays (Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principles) as well as his hymns to nature and its power (Walden or Life in the Woods, Walking) have inspired countless writers, thinkers, ecological and political theories, and resistance movements from the 19th century to the present day.