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“Nobody has ever thought himself to death. The chief danger confronting us is not age. It is laziness, sloth, routine, stupidity, - forcing their way in like wind through the shutters, seeping into the cellar like swamp water.”

Way Age Water Danger Wind Stupidity Chiefs Routine Laziness Sloth Confronting Swamps Cellars Shutters

Book:The Immortal Profession: The Joys of Teaching and Learning

Source: The Immortal Profession: The Joys of Teaching and Learning

“You see, my son, it is not a fact that you will never face dangers. Difficulties always come, but they do not last forever. You will see that they pass away like water under a bridge.”

Facts Lasts Faces Water Forever Danger Son Difficulty Bridges My Son Passing Away

Author:Sarada Devi

“The stream of passing years is like a river with people being carried along in the current. Some are swept along, protesting, fighting all the way, trying to swim back up the stream, longing for the shores that they have passed, clutching at anything to retard their progress, frightened by the onward rush of the strong current and in danger of being overwhelmed by the waters. Others go with the current freely, trusting themselves to the buoyancy of the water.”

Source: Saving Graces: The Inspirational Writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder

“A monarchy is like a man-of-war--bad shots between wind and water hurt it exceedingly; there is danger of capsizing. But democracy is a raft. You cannot easily overturn it. It is a wet place, but it is a pretty safe one.”

Men War Government Water Hurt Democracy Danger Wind Safe Shots Wet Monarchy

Book:Labor, with Preludes on Current Events

Source: Labor, with Preludes on Current Events

“Think about it. For the sake of fame, men will risk great dangers. They put themselves in the jaws of death more than for their children. For fame, they will spend their money like water and work their fingers to the bone. Have you not observed this in your own home?”

Thinking Men Children Home Water Risk Danger Fame Fingers Sake Bones

Author:Karen Essex

“You are nipping in the bud fancies which I let blossom. The shore is safer, but I love to buffet the sea - I can count the bitter wrecks here in these pleasant waters, and hear the murmuring winds, but oh, I love the danger!”

I Can Water Sea Atheism Danger Wind Positive Atheism Bitter Pleasant Fancy Shore Wrecks Bud Buffets Murmuring

Book:The Letters of Emily Dickinson

Source: The Letters of Emily Dickinson

“By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust ensuing danger; as, by proof, we see the waters swell before a boisterous storm.”

Men Mind Water Danger Divine Instinct Storm Proof Mistrust Boisterous

Book:King Richard III

Source: King Richard III

“I love moving water, I love ships, I love the sharp definition, the concentrated humanity, the sublime solitude of life at sea. The dangers of it only make present to us the peril inherent in all existence, which the stupid, ignorant, un-travelled land-worm never discovers; and the art of it, so mathematical, so exact, so rewarding to intelligence, appeals to courage and clears the mind of superstition, while filling it with humility and true religion.”

“An unfolding technology has increased our economic strength and added to the convenience of our lives. But that same technology-we know now-carries danger with it. From the great smoke stacks of industry and from the exhausts of motors and machines, 130 million tons of soot, carbon and grime settle over the people and shroud the Nation's cities each year. From towns, factories, and stockyards, wastes pollute our rivers and streams, endangering the waters we drink and use.”

“What, then, is the effect of pesticides? Pesticides have created a legacy of pain, and misery, and death for farm workers and consumers alike. The crop which poses the greatest danger, and the focus of our struggle, is the table grape crop. These pesticides soak the fields. Drift with the wind, pollute the water, and are eaten by unwitting consumers. These poisons are designed to kill, and pose a very real threat to consumers and farm workers alike.”

Real Pain Water Struggle Focus Effects Danger Fields Wind Tables Threat Misery Environmental Workers Consumers Legacy Poison Farms Pollution Crops Grapes Pesticides

Book:An Organizer's Tale: Speeches

Source: An Organizer's Tale: Speeches

“Andy Anderson has written an autobiography in pictures, a life on the water. Salt is an eloquent modern paean to the strength and beauty of the coastal waters he cares for at a time when that environment is in danger of disappearing.”

Care Water Environment Written Modern Danger Disappear Salt Autobiography Eloquent Coastal Strength And Beauty

Author:Guy De la Valdene