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“A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still waters.”

Life May Stills Seems Success Water Wise Rain Rivers Noise Pearls Turbulence Still Waters

Book:The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings

Source: The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings

“Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.”

Men May Lasts Water Goes On Rain Flow Rivers Farms Philip Rivers And Water Flowing Water Flowing River

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Any river is really the summation of a whole valley. It shapes not only the land but the life and even the culture of that valley. To think of any river as nothing but water is to ignore the greater part of it.”

Thinking Whole Water Greater Rain Rivers Environmental Valleys

Author:Hal Borland

“Tis rushing now adown the spout, And gushing out below, Half frantic in its joyousness, And wild in eager flow. The earth is dried and parched with heat, And it hath long'd to be Released from out the selfish cloud, To cool the thirsty tree.”

Long Earth Water Half Tree Rain Flow Rivers Clouds Selfish Heat Rushing Thirsty Frantic

Author:Elizabeth Oakes Smith

“In the spring rain, the pond and the river become one. Into every life some rain must fall. Usually when your car windows are down. It raineth on the Just and the Unjust Alike, But the Unjust stealeth the Just's umbrella Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”

Fall Car Kissing Beats Spring Rain Rivers Window Silver Unjust Liquid Ponds Umbrella Lullaby Spring Rain

Author:Langston Hughes

“In 1847, two years before the greedy rush for gold began in California, the Mormons quietly began irrigating Utah's Salt Lake Valley. In a sense, they were the first American irrigators of any significance. And their knowledge about the art of applying water to land has spread throughout the world.”

World Years Firsts Art Two Water Land Rain Rivers Gold Spread California Lakes Two Years Significance Valleys Salt Greedy Utah

Author:Stuart Campbell

“The rain is plentious but, by God's decree, Only a third is meant for you and me; Two-thirds are taken by the growing things Or vanish Heavenward on vapour's wings: Nor does it mathematically fall With social equity on one and all. The population's habit is to grow In every region where the water's low: Nature is blamed for failings that are Man's, And well-run rivers have to change their plans.”

Men Wells Doe Two Running Fall Social Grows Water Taken Growing Plans Failing Habit Lows Rain Rivers Thirds Wings Population Regions Equity Decree Vapour Growing Things

Author:A. P. Herbert

“Pity! The southerly trees have shed their leaves. Nobody comes to appreciate the mountain's beauty. Tomorrow I too will float away. My reflection gone from cool streams.”

Death Water Beauty Gone Tree Dying Tomorrow Mountain Reflection Rain Appreciate Rivers Appreciation Pity Streams Shed Floats Impermanence

Author:Cheng Man-ch'ing

“How it pours, pours, pours, In a never-ending sheet! How it drives beneath the doors! How it soaks the passer's feet! How it rattles on the shutter! How it rumples up the lawn! How 'twill sigh, and moan, and mutter, From darkness until dawn.”

Water Darkness Doors Feet Rain Rivers Dawn Sheets Sigh Lawns Never Ending Shutters

Book:Morning Lights and Evening Shadows

Source: Morning Lights and Evening Shadows

“When you hear the splash Of the water drops that fall Into the stone bowl You will feel that all the dust Of your mind is washed away.”

Feels Mind Fall Water Rain Rivers Stones Dust Bowls Drop Of Water

Author:Sen no Rikyu

“It is not raining to me, It's raining daffodils; In every dimpled drop I see Wild flowers on distant hills.”

Water Flower Rain Rivers Hills Daffodil Rain Drop

Author:Robert Loveman

“Nature uncovers the inner secrets of nature in two ways: one by the force of bodies operating outside it; the other by the very movements of its innards. The external actions are strong winds, rains, river currents, sea waves, ice, forest fires, floods; there is only one internal force-earthquake.”

Way Two Body Action Science Strong Force Secret Fire Sea Movement Wind Rain Rivers Wave Currents Forests Ice Internals Flood Two Ways Earthquakes Geology Forest Fires Strong Winds

Author:Mikhail Lomonosov

“Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.”

Running Mountain Rain Rivers Towns Green Various Brown Shade Hiking Rushing Rainy Rainy Day Salzburg

Author:Jonathan Carroll

“You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.”

Source: Profiles in Courageous Manhood

“The river moves from land to water to land, in and out of organisms, reminding us what native peoples have never forgotten: that you cannot separate the land from the water, or the people from the land.”

People Moving Water Sea Land Rain Rivers Forgotten Fishes Boat Native Lakes Fishing Organisms Reminding Rivers And Water Land And Water

Author:Lynn Culbreath Noel

“We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.”

Water Forget Rain Rivers Environmental Cycles Our Environment Drinking Water Drink Water Water Resources Rivers And Water Cycle Of Life Water Of Life Water Is Life Rivers And Lakes Lakes And Rivers Water Pollution

Author:Jacques Yves Cousteau

“Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so the pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. For it maintains its balance, and over all that happens it throws its own complexion, because it is more powerful than external circumstances.”

Men Mind Doe Happens Powerful Sea Balance Circumstances Taste Spring Rain Rivers Bravery Pressure Adversity Brave Showers Brave Man Complexion

Author:Seneca the Younger

“Have you watched the fairies when the rain is done, Spreading out their little wings to dry them in the sun?”

Littles Done Water Sun Rain Rivers Wings Dry Fairy

Author:Rose Fyleman

“Water is the basis of life and the blue arteries of the earth! Everything in the non-marine environment depends on freshwater to survive.”

Earth Water Environment Depends Rain Rivers Bases Blue Marine Arteries

Author:Sandra Postel

“For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for the intricate web of life that water supports.”

Source: The Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity

“Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.”

Giving May Littles Joy Water Hours Pleasure Rain Rivers Lips Cups Shock Little Things Juice Exquisite Fever Drains Refreshments Draught Fresh Water

Book:Ion: A Tragedy in Five Acts

Source: Ion: A Tragedy in Five Acts

“Next to blood relationships, come water relationships.”

Next Water Blood Rain Rivers Respectful Relationships

Author:Stanley Crawford

“We have been quick to assume rights to use water but slow to recognize obligations to preserve and protect it... In short, we need a water ethic-a guide to right conduct in the face of complex decisions about natural systems we do not and cannot fully understand.”

Needs Has Beens Use Faces Water Natural Decision Rights Protect Ethics Rain Rivers Assuming Complexes Guides Obligation Preserves Right Conduct

Author:Sandra Postel

“The sea is the source of water and the source of wind; for neither would blasts of wind arise in the clouds and blow out from within them, except for the great sea, nor would the streams of rivers nor the rain-water in the sky exist but for the sea ; but the great sea is the begetter of clouds and winds and rivers.”

Water Sea Sky Wind Source Ocean Rain Rivers Clouds Blow Arise Streams Blast Rain Water

Author:Xenophanes

“The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers, The water is held in its arms And the sky is held in the water. What is water, That pours silver, And can hold the sky?”

World Turns Water Sky Arms Rain Rivers Lakes Silver Spills Rivers And Lakes Lakes And Rivers Sky And Water

Book:Poems by a Little Girl

Source: Poems by a Little Girl

“High quality water is more than the dream of the conservationists, more than a political slogan; high quality water, in the right quantity at the right place at the right time, is essential to health, recreation, and economic growth. Of all our planet's activities - geological movements, the reproduction and decay of biota, and even the disruptive propensities of certain species (elephants and humans come to mind) - no force is greater than the hydrologic cycle.”

“All living beings, things that move, are equally important, whether they are human beings, dogs, birds, fish, trees, ants, weeds, rivers, wind or rain. To stay healthy and strong, life must have clean air, clear water and pure food. If deprived of these things, life will cycle to the next level, or as the system says, 'die'.”

“Shakespeare was an intellectual ocean, whose waves touched all the shores of thought; within which were all the tides and waves of destiny and will; over which swept all the storms of fate, ambition and revenge; upon which fell the gloom and darkness of despair and death and all the sunlight of content and love, and within which was the inverted sky lit with the eternal stars -- an intellectual ocean -- toward which all rivers ran, and from which now the isles and continents of thought receive their dew and rain.”

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“Our Lord Jesus is ever giving, and does not for a solitary instant withdraw his hand. As long as there is a vessel of grace not yet full to the brim, the oil shall not be stayed. He is a sun ever-shining; he is manna always falling round the camp; he is a rock in the desert, ever sending out streams of life from his smitten side; the rain of his grace is always dropping; the river of his bounty is ever-flowing, and the well-spring of his love is constantly overflowing.”

Source: Morning and Evening: Daily Readings

“Round a turn of the Qin Fortress winds the Wei River, And Yellow Mountain foot-hills enclose the Court of China; Past the South Gate willows comes the Car of Many Bells On the upper Palace-Garden Road-a solid length of blossom; A Forbidden City roof holds two phoenixes in cloud; The foliage of spring shelters multitudes from rain; And now, when the heavens are propitious for action, Here is our Emperor ready-no wasteful wanderer.”

“This is the equivalent of an “internal shower”. As the spring freshness born of the heavy rains and vast masses of melting snows on mountains in the hinterlands cause rivers to swell and rush turbulently onward to the sea, so too will your blood flow with renewed vigor as the direct result of your faithfully performing the Contrology exercises.”

Causes Born Results Blood Sea Exercise Mountain Mass Spring Rain Flow Rivers Direct Heavy Snow Performing Internals Showers Melting Vigor Freshness Pilates Blood Flow Heavy Rain Melting Snow

Author:Joseph Pilates

“A scientist with a poet's command of language, Cristina Eisenberg writes with precision and passion . . . takes her reader on a breathtaking, sometimes heartbreaking tour of the planet from the Gulf of Maine to the Amazonian rain forests, the tropical coral reefs to old growth forests of the Northwest as well as rivers, lakes, and wetlands. I found the wealth of information not only accessible but riveting . . . Eisenberg's powerful, beautifully written book . . . has the potential to open many people's eyes, minds, and hearts.”

“Capture of Nanking Rain and a windstorm rage blue and yellow over Chung the bell mountain as a million peerless troops cross the Great River. The peak is a coiled dragon, the city a crouching tiger more dazzling than before. The sky is spinning and the earth upside down. We are elated yet we must use our courage to chase the hopeless enemy. We must not stoop to fame like the overlord Hsiang Yu. If heaven has feeling it will grow old and watch our seas turn into mulberry fields.”

“We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water. Milk drinkers draw close to the mother. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, shamans, everyone hears the intelligent sound and moves with thirst to meet it.”

Helping Christian Moving Mother Sound Voice Water Draws Rain Rivers Intelligent Intelligence Jew Motherhood Buddhist Milk Thirst Thirsty Drinkers

Author:Rumi

“Fortunately, like most children, I had learned what is most valuable, most indispensable for life before school years began, taught by apple trees, by rain and sun, river and woods.”

Years Children School Sun Tree Taught Rain Rivers Valuable Woods Apples Indispensable Apple Trees School Years

Author:Hermann Hesse

“The rocks are where they are- and this is their will. The rivers flow- and this is their will. The birds fly- this is their will. Human beings talk- this is their will. The seasons change, heaven sends down rain or snow, the earth occasionally shakes, the waves roll, the stars shine- each of them follows its own will. To be is to will and so is to become.”

Humans Action Earth Heaven Stars Human Beings Rocks Bird Rain Flow Rivers Seasons Independence Shining Excellence Wave Snow Shakes Seasons Change

Author:D.T. Suzuki

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