“Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges.”
Amit Ray (1960) Indian author
Walking the Path of Compassion (2015)
“Oh, things are frequently what they seem,
And this is wisdom's crown:
Only the game fish swims upstream,
But the sensible fish swims down.”
"When You Say That, Smile", as quoted in Saturday Evening Post, 16 September 1933
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