The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Most people can't see the connection between their own lives and the oceans.
You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.
Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.
The importance of the river cannot be overstated in the history of the country, or the development of the nation.
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.
Nature is filled with tendencies and obstructions. Extremes beget limitations, even as a river by its own swiftness creates obstructions for itself.
All rivers, even the most dazzling, those that catch the sun in their course, all rivers go down to the ocean and drown. And life awaits man as the sea awaits the river.