Bed Quote by Bertolt Brecht

If you see a river running smoothly, it's because someone has drowned in it, and if it's raging, it means that it's still got…

— Florence Welch

“Everyone sees the violence of the swollen river. Few see the violence of the embankments that constrain it.”

— Ancient Chinese Proverb

The movement of the stream is distinct from the river bed, although it must adopt its winding course.

— Henri Bergson

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

— Mikhail Lermontov

The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause…

— Anonymous

A river or stream is a cycle of energy from sun to plants to insects to fish. It is a continuum broken only by…

— Aldo Leopold

Where I'm from, there is no violence, pretty much.

— Usain Bolt

There is no use of spreading the net in the river where there is no fish.

— Vikrant Parsai

'River' is all about tension and release. It's about intimacy and solace. It's about staring someone in the face and not backing down.

— Bishop Briggs

And the distinction between violent and non-violent action is that the former is exclusively bent upon the destruction of the old, and the latter…

— Hannah Arendt

When you pollute a river, it's a supreme injustice to those who are downstream and those who live in the river who are not…

— Paul Hawken

Violence is the weapon of weak, non-violence that of the strong.

— Mahatma Gandhi