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“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it”
Lao Tzu
“One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.”
“Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.”
“Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.”
“Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.”
Buddha
“You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.”
W. C. Fields
“Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine”
Proverb
“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
Rabindranath Tagore
“As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world”
“Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases”
Chinese Proverbs
