“Take clear water with grass waving at the bottom. It's wonderful to look at, but to try to paint it is enough to make one insane.” TryingLooksEnoughWaterClearWonderfulPaintBottomInsaneGrassApplicationClear Water Author:Claude Monet
“We hear wonderful stories about some masters who can walk on water and do all kinds of great things. But the real power of the teacher is to transmit power and knowledge directly to an individual.” KindRealStoriesIndividualWaterWalksTeacherWonderfulMastersGreat ThingsAll KindsEnlightenedTransmitReal Power Author:Frederick Lenz
“Marriage...one of the most civilized institutions in the world...But...swimming is one of the most wonderful of sports, and yet there are always some people who cannot swim who insist on going into the water and getting drowned. Many people spoil marriage in a like manner. One should be sure she knows how to be married before rushing into it.” PeopleKnowsWorldShouldSportsWaterKnow HowWonderfulMarriedInstitutionsCivilizedSwimSwimmingSpoilBeing MarriedRushing Author:Edna St. Vincent Millay
“And yet we constantly reclaim some part of that primal spontaneity through the youngest among us, not only through their sorrow and anger but simply through everyday discoveries, life unwrapped. To see a child touch the piano keys for the first time, to watch a small body slice through the surface of the water in a clean dive, is to experience the shock, not of the new, but of the familiar revisited as though it were strange and wonderful.” FirstsChildrenBodyWaterWatchesWonderfulChildhoodStrangeKeysSorrowDiscoveryFirst TimeExperienceCleanEverydaySurfaceFamiliarPianoShockSpontaneityPrimalPiano Keys Author:Anna Quindlen