River Quotes

1549 River quotes by 1049 unique authors

Everything changes but change itself. Everything flows and nothing remains the same... You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters and yet… — Heraclitus
...seen from above, landscapes are made up of mountains and watercourses. Just as a transparent model of the human body consists of a framework of… — Reinhold Messner
Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will; Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And… — William Wordsworth
I'm in this absolutely gorgeous manor house with acres of quite beautiful countryside. I've got trout in the river, an organic vegetable garden, I've got… — Jay Kay
He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed… — Albert Pike
A Christian state should be established [in Lebanon], with its southern border on the Litani river. We will make an alliance with it. When we… — David Ben-Gurion
If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current - how can he help others across? — Gautama Buddha
For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a… — Sandra Postel
Watersheds come in families; nested levels of intimacy... As you work upstream toward home, you're more closely related. The big river is like your nation,… — Michael Parfit
I trust the mystery. I trust what comes in silence and what comes in nature where there's no diversion. I think the lack of stimulation… — Angeles Arrien
How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we're really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance? — Sarah Ban Breathnach
It is sparkling light, aromatic plants, a lofty palace, a flowing river, ripe fruit, a beautiful wife and abundant clothing, in an eternal abode of… — Muhammad
Few cross over the river. Most are stranded on this side. On the riverbank they run up and down. But the wise man, following the… — Gautama Buddha
This is the river of the great 19th-century landscapists; of Cole, Cropsey and Church, and at the end of the summer it lies motionless under… — Judith Thurman
See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all. — Socrates
"If any man thirst, let him come and drink from the rivers of living water" (cf. John 7:38). Where shall he who thirsts come? To… — Cyprian
Opinions. Ideas. Possibilities. So many! How can I choose? Between bursts of lightning-swift energy, I enjoy peaceful moments when the whole world seems to be… — Margarita Engle
There's a switch inside every one of us that I guess grew there as a necessary part of survival. How can you drag a fish… — Unknown Author
Stories are a kind of thing, too. Stories and objects share something, a patina. I thought I had this clear, two years ago before I… — Edmund de Waal
If the river has a soul, it's a peaceful one. If it has a lesson to impart, that lesson is patience. There will be drought,… — Therese Anne Fowler

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