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“What should we do? We have no wish to interrupt the destroyer's work of saving lives... But war is war and the people being picked up out of the water are soldiers bound for the front; soldiers who are to shoot at our German brothers... The question whether we are to perish in despair or defiance, or survive all trails with a live conscience, depends wholly and solely on whether we believe in the forgiveness of sins. This 25th January was the turning point in my life, because it opened my eyes to the utter impossibility of a moral universe.”

“I wish I could convey the perfection of a seal slipping into water or a spider monkey swinging from point to point or a lion merely turning its head. But language founders in such seas. Better to picture it in your head if you want to feel it.”

Ifs Want Feels Language Wish Water Sea Perfection Lions Founders Monkeys Spiders Seals Slipping

Book:Life Of Pi, Illustrated

Source: Life Of Pi, Illustrated

“We all feel a separateness; we wish that a drop of water would soften our ego; the world needs a common conscience: agreement... we must concentrate outside ourselves.”

World Needs Feels Wish Water Common Ego Conscience Agreement Drop Of Water Separateness

Author:Mark Tobey

“The attempt to satisfy greed is like drinking salty water when thirsty. When lost in greed we look outward rather than inward for satisfaction, yet we never find enough to fill the emptiness we wish to escape. The real hunger we feel is for knowledge of our true nature.”

Feels Looks Real Enough Lost Wish Water Nature Knowledge Drinking Greed Hunger Satisfaction Emptiness Inward True Nature Thirsty Salty

Book:The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep

Source: The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep

“May I be like a guard for those who are protectorless, A guide for those who journey on the road. For those who wish to go across the water, May I be a boat, a raft, a bridge.”

May Wish Water Journey Guides Boat Bridges

Author:Shantideva

“I wish to cup knowledge in my hand and drink it as one drinks water by the side of the stream.”

Hands Wish Sides Water Drink Cups Streams Drink Water

Book:The Power of One

Source: The Power of One

“All who wish to hand down to their children that happy republican system bequeathed to them by their revolutionary fathers, must now take their stand against this consolidating, corrupting money power, and put it down, or their children will become hewers of wood and drawers of water to this aristocratic ragocracy.”

Children Hands Father Wish Water Money Power Republican Woods Corporations Revolutionary Drawers Aristocratic Money Power

Author:Andrew Jackson

“We wish genius and morality where affectionate companions, but it is a fact that they are often bitter enemies. They don't necessarily coalesce any more than oil and water do.”

Facts Wish Water Enemy Genius Morality Ethics Oil Bitter Companion Affectionate Oil And Water

Author:Artemas Ward