Catherine Martin Quotes

Tonight I'm going to shower and then just walk for about four hours and look at the moon.

I'm an introvert... I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.

I like to sit in my backyard. I go out on the hammock and sit in silence and kind of meditate. Nature is calming, and it's nice to go out there and clear my head.

I enjoy an easy jog. In the mountains, or the forest with my own thoughts, I can escape from the world for a bit.

Sometimes I need to go for a walk for inspiration.

I like to go out on my bike. That's when I do my thinking. Two or three hours on the roads - that's when you get time, and you can think without problems.

Whenever I'm out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think, I fling myself down on my back, throw my arms and legs out so that I look like an asterisk, and gaze at the sky.

I really feel that my body craves to be in the mountains or by the ocean or in the countryside.

I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

But I try to steal other moments. Sometimes I get up very early in the morning and enjoy a quiet house and cup of tea before the craziness begins. Other times, I'll take a quick walk on the beach. You can find peace in a few minutes.

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

I go on walks during lunch breaks and travel with a fold-up yoga mat. I also love reading by candlelight at night.

Silence is refreshment for the soul.

Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.

Long walks force a certain meditative awareness. You're not moving so fast that you miss the world's details passing by - in fact, you can stop to inspect something that might catch your eye.

When walking, you see things that you miss in a motor car or on the train. You give your mind space to ponder.

Nature's a tranquilizer as you get older.

Walking is my main method of relaxation. I don't go over my lines or try to solve the world's problems, I just enjoy the scenery and the wildlife.

If it's a beautiful day, I love taking walks. The walks are always aimless.

I enjoy an evening stroll. It helps me to reflect and eases stress.

I go to the Himalayas after every film. I go alone. I go to the interiors, to the villages. Being there itself is like meditation.

I love to take a walk to get myself present and to wind my mind down.

I live in a beautiful village in the middle of the countryside, and being able to disappear off on my bike for a couple of hours two or three times a week is a wonderful way to relax.

I think there's something to baseball, golf, fishing that there's downtime within all of those sports. Even though you're still doing the sport and everything that's involved, there's still this time to be able to think and have conversations.