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“O Music! how it grieves me that imprudence, intemperance, gluttony, should open their channels into thy sacred stream.”

Should Music Sacred Grieving Streams Gluttony Intemperance

Book:Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor

Source: Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor

“In the religion of the Medes and Persians the cult of trees plays an important part, and with them, as with Assyrians, the symbol of eternal life was a tree with a stream at its roots. Another object of veneration was the sacred miracle tree, which within itself contained the seeds of all.”

Life Important Play Religion Tree Objects Eternal Roots Eternity Miracle Sacred Seeds Symbols Streams Cult Eternal Life Veneration Assyrians

Book:History of Garden Art: Originally published in two volumes

Source: History of Garden Art: Originally published in two volumes

“So his life has flowed, From its mysterious urn a sacred stream, In whose calm depth the beautiful and pure, Alone are mirrored; which, though shapes of ill, May hover round its surface, glides in light, And takes no shadow from them.”

Life May Light Beautiful Pure Shapes Shadow Sacred Depth Rounds Calm Ill Surface Mysterious Streams

Author:Thomas Noon Talfourd

“We like to put sacred texts in flowing waters, so I rolled it up, tied it to a piece of wood, placed a dandelion on top, and floated it in the stream which flows into the Swat River. Surely God would find it there.”

Water Pieces Flow Rivers Sacred Woods Streams Tied Dandelions International Peace World Peace Day International Peace Day Flowing Water Sacred Texts

Author:Malala Yousafzai

“Chanting is no more holy than listening to the murmur of a stream, counting prayer beads no more sacred than simply breathing. . . . If you wish to attain oneness with the Tao, don't get caught up in spiritual superficialities.”

Ifs Spiritual Spirituality Wish Prayer Listening Holy Sacred Caught Oneness Breathing Streams Caught Up Tao Counting Beads Superficiality Chanting Prayer Beads

Book:Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu

Source: Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu

“People never sing...except in the bathroom. Birthing women also make their natural sounds next to running bath water. There is something about the power of water. People are drawn to water, spas, and sacred streams. Women in labor are drawn to water, too.”

People Running Next Sound Water Natural Birth Labor Sacred Streams Bathroom Baths Birthing Spas

Author:Michel Odent

“Prayer gives a channel to the pent-up sorrows of the soul, they flow away, and in their stead streams of sacred delight pour into the heart.”

Giving Heart Soul Prayer Sorrow Flow Sacred Delight Streams

Book:Strengthen My Spirit

Source: Strengthen My Spirit