Rivers quotes
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"A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself"
"Some beings will walk with you for the duration of this bodily existence, up to the very end. Some will come with bright promises, bright lights, but they fade quickly. Others come, they don’t look like they will go very far, but they are marathon runners; they’re there with you all the time. You cannot determine this... Somehow in the flow of your own unique river, you will see that everything is as it should be."
"There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in."
"Because of the dog's joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as well as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born. What would the world be like without music or rivers or the green and tender grass? What would this world be like without dogs?"
"All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one."
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"Conservation is a cause that has no end. There is no point at which we will say our work is finished."
"Nobody can build the bridge for you to walk across the river of life, no one but you yourself alone. There are, to be sure, countless paths and bridges and demi-gods which would carry you across this river; but only at the cost of yourself; you would pawn yourself and lose. There is in the world only one way, on which nobody can go, except you: where does it lead? Do not ask, go along with it."
"I've travelled all around the world to see the rivers and the mountains, and I've spent a lot of money. I have gone to great lengths, I have seen everything, but I forgot to see just outside my house a dewdrop on a little blade of grass, a dewdrop which reflects in its convexity the whole universe around you."
"Barring love I'll take my life in large doses alone--rivers, forests, fish, grouse, mountains. Dogs."
"The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river."
"Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow."
"Cross the river by feeling for stones under one's feet."
"In a life properly lived, you're a river."
"A man of wisdom delights in water."
"The half moon on the bank of the river's devotion. That's the stab wound, born from the killer emotion"
"When the well is dry, we know the worth of water."
"Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown."
"And when you appear all the rivers sound in my body, bells shake the sky, and a hymn fills the world."
"Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs, - To the silent wilderness, Where the soul need not repress Its music."
"Make the universe your companion, always bearing in mind the true nature of things-mountains and rivers, trees and grasses, and humanity-and enjoy the falling blossoms and the scattering leaves."
"Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged."
"You are learning too much, remembering too much, trying to hard relax a little bit, give life a chance to flow its own way, unassisted by your mind and effort. Stop directing the river's flow!"
"So come to the pond, or the river of your imagination, or the harbor of your longing, and put your lips to the world. And live your life."
"The wealth of the nation is its air, water, soil, forests, minerals, rivers, lakes, oceans, scenic beauty, wildlife habitats and biodiversity... that's all there is. That's the whole economy. That's where all the economic activity and jobs come from. These biological systems are the sustaining wealth of the world."
"The Taj Mahal rises above the banks of the river like a solitary tear suspended on the cheek of time."
