“Botha swimmer and a drowned man are in the water; the latter is borne by the water and controlled by it, while the swimmer is borne along by his own power and of his own volition. Every movement made by the drowned man - indeed, every act and word that issue from him - comes from the water, not from him... The saints are like this. They have died before death.” MenMadeWisdomWaterIssuesMovementDiedSaintIslamicLatterControlledSwimmerVolitionBefore Death Author:Rumi
“Some lives drift here and there like reeds in a stream, depending on changing currents for their activity. Others are like swimmers knowing the depth of the water. Each stroke helps them onward to a definite objective.” HelpingWaterKnowingActivityDepthCurrentsObjectivesStreamsDefiniteStrokesHere And ThereReedsSwimmer Author:Margaret Sanger
“Some people are swimmers and they're born to swim. They're like fish in the water. I will definitely say it's someplace that I feel at home.” PeopleFeelsHomeWaterBornFishesSwimSwimmer Author:Christine Swanson
“The AvowalAs swimmers dareto lie face to the skyand water bears them,as hawks rest upon airand air sustains them;so would I learn to attain freefall, and floatinto Creator Spirit's deep embrace,knowing no effort earnsthat all-surrounding grace.” FacesSpiritLyingWaterEffortKnowingGraceAirBearsEmbraceCreatorHawksSwimmer Author:Denise Levertov
“She could give herself up to the written word as naturally as a good dancer to music or a fine swimmer to water. The only difficulty was that after finishing the last sentence she was left with a feeling at once hollow and uncomfortably full. Exactly like indigestion.” GivingBookFeelingsLastsReadingLeftWaterWrittenFineDifficultySentencesDancerHollowFinishingBook ReadingWritten WordSwimmerIndigestion Book:Tales of the wide Caribbean Source: Tales of the wide Caribbean
“A man or a woman is said to be absorbed when the water has total control of him, and he no control of the water. A swimmer moves around willfully. An absorbed being has no will but the water's going. Any word or act is not really personal, but the way the water has of speaking or doing. As when you hear a voice coming out of a wall, and you know that it's not the wall talking, but someone inside, or perhaps someone outside echoing off the wall. Saints are like that. They've achieved the condition of a wall, or a door.” KnowsMenWaySaidMovingVoiceWaterTalkingDoorsConditionsWallSaintComing OutSwimmerOff The Wall Author:Rumi
“I lead a very physical life. I played a lot of sports and I spent a lot of time in the water surfing, swimming. I was a big swimmer.” BigsSportsWaterSwimmingSurfingSwimmer Author:Dustin Clare