There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.
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There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.
If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.
My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.
Well the real concept of basic needs if you cut it right down are simply the physical needs that are unavoidable for all of us. So to have enough calories to keep our bodies going. Have shelter from extreme elements. To have water that is safe to drink, So I think that's the core of it.
The ability to breathe the air and drink the water will be what the wars will be about from here on in. And it's coming with alarming rapidity.
When you drink in nature through your senses, you deepen your awareness of the great silent intelligence flowing through all things. You nourish your mind, body, and spirit as you connect to the divine love of Being.
The covers of this book are too far apart.
We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us.
Perfect people don't drink, don't fight, don't lie, don't make mistakes and...don't exist
I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.
The fact is, I don't know where my ideas come from. Nor does any writer. The only real answer is to drink way too much coffee and buy yourself a desk that doesn't collapse when you beat your head against it.
There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books in which even the dogs make references to the Infinite.
Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns of praise. From him alone of all The powers of heaven Persuasion holds aloof.
With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.
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