“Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
“Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of self.
Don't limit yourself to being a mere fountain when you contain an ocean.”
Source: The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
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