Quotes and Sayings

It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.

Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
-Jacques Cousteau

Water is life’s mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.

Water is the basis of life and the blue arteries of the earth! Everything in the non-marine environment depends on freshwater to survive.
-Sandra Postel,

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.

Filthy water cannot be washed.

Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go.

Before enlightenment, Chop wood Carry water.
After enlightenment, Chop wood Carry water.
-Zen saying

The sea hath no king but God alone.

The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea.

Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
-Thomas Fuller

A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
- German Proverb

It is wise to bring some water, when one goes out to look for water.

Water which is too pure has no fish.

Water flows uphill towards money.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

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