from The Sonnets Voice (A Meterical Lesson by the Seashore).
“A Sonnet is a moment's monument,—
Memorial from the Soul's eternity
To one dead deathless hour.”
Introductory Sonnet.
The House of Life (1870—1881)
"The Impersonal Aspect of Shakespeare's Art" (English Association Leaflet, 13, July 1909)
“The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?”
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 248
Context: It is not good for ordinary people to say, "I am He." The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
The upshot of the whole thing is that, no matter what path you follow, yoga is impossible unless the mind becomes quiet. The mind of a yogi is under his control; he is not under the control of his mind.
“Fifty feet of mast lay in the heaving water, downed lines and shrouds holding it there.”
Source: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas (2011), p. 156
The Death-Bed; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
“While the arm is strong to strike and heave,
Let soul and arm give shape that will abide…”
The Legend of Jubal (1869)
“The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.”
Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
The Sea and the Hills, Stanza 1 (1903).
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