“It may be that if I lead the life I've planned for myself it may affect others; the effect may be no greater than the ripple caused by a stone thrown in a pond, but one ripple causes another.”
The Razor's Edge (1943)
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W. Somerset Maugham 158
British playwright, novelist, short story writer 1874–1965Related quotes
As quoted in Women on War : Essential Voices for the Nuclear Age (1988), by Daniela Gioseffi, p. 103
Variant: A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There's too much work to do.
As quoted in Singing the Living Tradition (1993) by the Unitarian Universalist Association, p. 560
Context: What I want to bring out is how a pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. And each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. Going to jail for distributing leaflets advocating war tax refusal causes a ripple of thought, of conscience among us all. And of remembrance too. …. There may be ever improving standards of living in the U. S., with every worker eventually owning his own home and driving his own car; but our modern economy is based on preparation for war. … The absolutist begins a work, others take it up and try to spread it. Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.
“Ripples on a pond cannot touch a bird hovering above it.”
Source: Titans of Chaos (2007), Chapter 18, “Dream Storm” Section 14 (p. 250)
Session 214
The Early Sessions: Sessions 1-42, 1997, The Early Sessions: Book 5
“Your actions is like a raindrop; it falls into the pond making ripples and then its over…”
Source: The Truth About Forever
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