Accepting Quote by Charles Spurgeon

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

— Honore de Balzac

If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.

— Ramakrishna

Errors like straws upon the surface flow, Who would search for pearls to be grateful for often must dive below.

— John Dryden

There are many beautiful things in the world around us, but pearls can only be discovered in the depths of the sea; if we…

— Sadhu Sundar Singh

Those who dive in the sea of affliction bring up rare pearls.

— Charles Spurgeon

Man is not to drown himself in the well of the Shastras, but he is to dive in their broad ocean and bring out…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.

— Al-Ghazali

How could you reach the pearl by only looking at the sea? If you seek the pearl, be a diver: the diver needs several…

— Rumi

I am an obscure and patient pearl-fisherman who dives into the deepest waters and comes up with empty hands and a blue face. Some…

— Gustave Flaubert

In the deep sea dive to achieve the Pearl drowning in the same way as love are true love

— Mak_786

Dive deep, O mind, dive deep in the ocean of God's beauty! If you descend to the uttermost depths, there you will find the…

— Bengali Hymn

The meaning of life is found by diving deep, deep within.

— Vishnudevananda Saraswati