“Every river is looking for an ocean.”
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)
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“Silence
is an ocean. Speech is a river.”
Rumi
(1207–1273) Iranian poet
"The Three Fish" Ch. 18 : The Three Fish, p. 196
Variant translations or adaptations:
Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.
As quoted in Teachers of Wisdom (2010) by Igor Kononenko, p. 134
Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.
As quoted in "Rumi’s wisdom" (2 October 2015) http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/10/02/character-of-the-week-rumi/, by Paulo Coelho
The Essential Rumi (1995)
Context: Silence
is an ocean. Speech is a river.When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk
into the language-river. Listen to the ocean,
and bring your talky business to an end Traditional words are just babbling
in that presence, and babbling is a substitute
for sight.
Douglas Adams
(1952–2001) English writer and humorist
His stated response to representatives of the music, publishing and broadcasting industries who had asked Douglas at a conference how he thought technological changes will affect them, apparently hoping his response would be something to the effect of, "not very much"
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future (2001)
“She was his life,
The ocean to the river of his thoughts,
Which terminated all.”
Stanza 2; this can be compared to: "She floats upon the river of his thoughts", Henry W. Longfellow, The Spanish Student, act ii, scene 3.
The Dream (1816)
“Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light — every eye looking on finds its own”
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
(1803–1873) English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician
Caxtoniana: Hints on Mental Culture (1862)
“See how the Yellow River's waters move out of heaven,
Entering the ocean, never to return.”
Li Bai
(701–762) Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty poetry period
"Bringing In The Wine" http://www.sanjeev.net/poetry/po-li/bringing-in-the-wine-109723.html (將進酒)
