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“Wood may remain twenty years in the water, but it is still not a fish.”

Years May Stills Water Essence Twenties Fishes Woods

Book:Sister Light, Sister Dark

Source: Sister Light, Sister Dark

“We have no participation in Being, because all human nature is ever midway between being born and dying, giving off only a vague image and shadow of itself, and a weak and uncertain opinion. And if you chance to fix your thoughts on trying to grasp its essence, it would be neither more nor less than if your tried to clutch water.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Trying Humans Would Be Water Born Chance Opinion Dying Human Nature Shadow Weak Essence Thoughtful Uncertain Vague Participation Clutch Midway

Book:The Essays

Source: The Essays

“The real essence, the internal qualities, and constitution of even the meanest object, is hid from our view; something there is inevery drop of water, every grain of sand, which it is beyond the power of human understanding to fathom or comprehend. But it is evidentthat we are influenced by false principles to that degree as to mistrust our senses, and think we know nothing of those things which we perfectly comprehend.”

“I want you to learn the lesson of the lotus. This flower springs forth from muddy waters. It raises its delicate petals to the sun and perfumes the world while, at the same time, its roots cling to the elemental muck, the very essence of the mortal experience. Without that soil, the flower would wither and die.”

World Want Dies Water Sun Flower Lessons Spring Roots Essence Raises Mortals Soil Delicate I Want You Perfume Petals Muddy Elementals Lotuses

Author:Colleen Houck

“Writing an informative yet compact thriller is a lot like making maple sugar candy. You have to tap hundreds of trees - boil vats and vats of raw sap - evaporate the water - and keep boiling until you've distilled a tiny nugget that encapsulates the essence.”

Writing Water Tree Essence Tiny Sugar Candy Thrillers Sap Boiling Compact Informative Maple Nuggets Vat

Author:Dan Brown

“Any weapon touched by a woman, even by accident, must be cleansed with both water and prayer so that her essence would not linger, diverting the warrior who might use it next, for even the faintest touch could bring lust to that man's heart. Perhaps that meant a woman who was well trained in arms would be the superior warrior, her attention never wavering from her task.”

Men Wells Heart Use Might Would Be Next Water Prayer Attention Arms Weapons Tasks Essence Accidents Lust Superiors Warrior Touched Wavering Might Use

Book:The Dovekeepers: A Novel

Source: The Dovekeepers: A Novel

“The wisdom or the essence of Guru Tattwa is a balance. Like when you maintain a plant, if you do not give it water it will die. If you give it too much water, it will die. So the wisdom lies in understanding how much water should be given to the plant, so that it comes up at its best. Now this wisdom has to be achieved through your vibratory awareness.”

Ifs Love Giving Should Wisdom Spirit Lying Dies Given Understanding Water Too Much Meditation Awareness Balance Yoga Essence Plant Come Up Wellness Guru

Author:Nirmala Srivastava

“Clean water, the essence of life and a birthright for everyone, must become available to all people now.”

People Water Essence Clean Available Birthright Clean Water Essence Of Life Water Of Life

Author:Jean-Michel Cousteau

“What hurts the soul? To live without tasting the water of its own essence.”

Soul Wisdom Water Hurt Essence Islamic Tasting

Author:Rumi

“Christ [is] the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is congregation or meeting-place of all waters in the world: so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet. . . .”

World Soul Christ Water Pleasure Ocean Rivers Essence Meetings Delight Substance Congregation

Book:The Method of Grace in Bringing Home the Eternal Redemption ... Being the Second Part of Gospel Redemption: Wherein the Great Mystery of Our Union and Communion with Christ is Opened and Applied ...

Source: The Method of Grace in Bringing Home the Eternal Redemption ... Being the Second Part of Gospel Redemption: Wherein the Great Mystery of Our Union and Communion with Christ is Opened and Applied ...

“We need Jesus like we need oxygen. Like we need water. Like the branch needs the vine. Jesus is not merely a figure for devotions. He is the missing essence of your existence. Whether we know it or not, we are desperate for Jesus.”

Knows Needs Jesus Water Existence Missing Figures Essence Devotion Branches Desperate Oxygen Vines

Author:John Eldred

“Real haiku is the soul of poetry. Anything that is not actually present in one's heart is not haiku. The moon glows, flowers bloom, insects cry, water flows. There is no place we cannot find flowers or think of the moon. This is the essence of haiku. Go beyond the restrictions of your era, forget about purpose or meaning, separate yourself from historical limitations—there you will find the essence of true art, religion, and science.”

Thinking Heart Art Real Soul Purpose Water Forget Cry Flower Moon Art Is Flow Essence Historical Eras Limitation Science And Religion Insects Restriction Haiku Blooming Flower

Author:Santoka Taneda

“When it's cold, water freezes into ice; when it's warm, ice melts into water. Similarly, when you are confused, essence freezes into mind; when you are enlightened, mind melts into essence.”

Mind Art Water Cold Essence Warm Ice Confused Enlightened Martial Arts Freeze Cold Water

Author:Muso Soseki