Paulo Coelho Quotes, Love Quotes, Water Quotes

But love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current.

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Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.

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Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters.

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You cannot lecture on really pure poetry any more than you can talk about the ingredients of pure water-it is adulterated, methylated, sanded poetry that makes the best lectures.

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His answer trickled through my head like water through a sieve.

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When you drink of the water, don't forget the spring from which it flows.

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Stones are hollowed out by the constant dropping of water.

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Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.

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Tags : Alan Watts Quotes , Water Quotes , Mind Quotes

Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water! Ye happy mixture of more happy days!

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Tags : Lord Byron Quotes , Happiness Quotes , Water Quotes

If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if the writer is writing truly enough, will have a feeling of those things as strongly as though the writer had stated them. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water. A writer who omits things because he does not know them only makes hollow places in his writing.

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Tags : Ernest Hemingway Quotes , Writing Quotes , Water Quotes

Cease thy counsel, for thy words fall into my ears as priceless as water into a seive.

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Glory is like a circle in the water

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Only by working within the laws that govern the flow of water will happiness be achieved.

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Less oft peace in Shelley's mind, Than calm in waters seen.

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A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state Empties itself, as dot an inland brook Into the main of waters.

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A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable.

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You can't get wet from the word 'water.'

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Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

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High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water.

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Obscure, like muddy waters.

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