Bears Quote by Blaise Pascal

To the lost man, to the pioneer penetrating a new country, to the naturalist who wishes to see the wild land at its wildest,…

— Edwin Way Teale

He who does not know his way to the sea should take a river for his guide.

— Blaise Pascal

Night and day the river flows. If time is the mind of space, the River is the soul of the desert. Brave boatmen come,…

— Edward Abbey

Any river is really the summation of a whole valley. It shapes not only the land but the life and even the culture of…

— Hal Borland

We are never far from the lilt and swirl of living water. Whether to fish or swim or paddle, of only to stand and…

— John Daniel

Water is the formless potential out of which creation emerged. It is the ocean of unconsciousness enveloping the islands of consciousness. Water bathes us…

— Scott Sanders

Rivers must have been the guides which conducted the footsteps of the first travelers. They are the constant lure, when they flow by our…

— Henry David Thoreau

You don't need it, but will you take some advice from a Californian who's been around for a while? Cherish these rivers. Witness for…

— David R. Brower

All earth's full rivers can not fillThe sea that drinking thirsteth still.

— Christina Rossetti

All this piling up of one technology on top of another-railroad on steamboat, interstate highway on railroad, hydroelectric dam on watermill-had reduced the Mississippi…

— Jonathan Raban

The stream is always purer at its source. [Fr., Les choses valent toujours mieux dans leur source.]

— Blaise Pascal

Between earth and earth's atmosphere, the amount of water remains constant; there is never a drop more, never a drop less. This is a…

— Linda Hogan