"Water is the formless potential out of which creation emerged. It is the ocean of unconsciousness enveloping the islands of consciousness. Water bathes us at birth and again at death, and in between it washes away sin. It is by turns the elixir of life or the renewing rain or the devastating flood."

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Source : Scott Russell Sanders (1997). “Writing from the Center”, p.142, Indiana University Press

Scott Sanders

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“Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there could be no such things as love or beauty or faith or hope, if I could be absolutely certain that my love would never be returned: how much more simple life would be. One could plod through the Siberian salt mines of existence without being bothered about happiness.”

Source : T. H. White (1983). “The Maharajah and Other Stories”, Berkley
“At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.”
“Any true musician, true artist, knows that when they're in that point of total artistic creation, whether on stage or in the studio or writing or whatever, that's the closest moment [to creation]. And that's what keeps all these people addicted to getting back to that moment again.”

Source : Source: www.excellentonline.com
“The story of my very first sale is the fact that I dreamed up a foolproof paper to cheat an insurance company out of several hundred thousand dollars.”
“I started radio in 1950 on the Lone Ranger radio program, a dramatic show that emanated from Detroit when I was 18 years old and just beginning college. I did that for a couple of years.”
“Don't be so busy trying to make a living that you're too busy to make a life.”

Source : Dan Miller, Jared Angaza (2012). “Wisdom Meets Passion: When Generations Collide and Collaborate”, p.118, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.”
“Startups are very hard no matter what you do; you may as well go after a big opportunity.”

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