Elif Safak
Author
"Even a speck of love should not go unappreciated, because, as Rumi said, love is the water of life."
Water Of Life quotes
Water Of Life
26 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Plato
Philosopher
"A man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if he cannot, at least to take the best possible human doctrine and the hardest to disprove, and to ride on this like a raft over the waters of life."
Carl Jung
Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
"Archetypes resemble the beds of rivers: dried up because the water has deserted them, though it may return at any time. An archetype is something like an old watercourse along which the water of life flowed for a time, digging a deep channel for itself. The longer it flowed the deeper the channel, and the more likely it is that sooner or later the water will return."
Rumi
Poet, Philosopher
"A lifetime without Love is of no account Love is the Water of Life Drink it down with heart and soul!"
Rumi
Poet, Philosopher
"Love is the water of life, jump into this water."
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"Do not be afraid of a small beginning. great things come afterwards. Be courageous. Do not try to lead your brethren, but serve them. The brutal mania for leading has sunk many a great ships in the waters of life. Take care especially of that, i.e. be unselfish even unto death, and work."
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"Love is the water of life, drink deeply."
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