The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.
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You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that.
To connect with the great river we all need a path, but when you get down there there's only one river.
You cannot step into the same river twice.
What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.
Just as a drop of water in the ocean cannot avail much; but if a great river runneth into it, that maketh a great commotion.
While the river of life glides along smoothly, it remains the same river; only the landscape on either bank seems to change.
Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.
I believe that the federal government, like a raging river, has expanded upon the barriers and the boundaries of its banks, and unfortunately, it is flooding all of America with its encroachment.
You probably have to have redundant levee systems with canals in between them, like the Dutch have, to make sure that incoming water is channeled off to areas where you deal with it rather than have it drown you.
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