Water Absorption

Famous quotes containing the words water and/or absorption:

    A single monk carries his own bucket of water; two monks carry their bucket of water together; but when there are three monks, there is no water at all.
    Chinese proverb.

    These philosophers dwell on the inevitability and unchangeableness of laws, on the power of temperament and constitution, the three goon, or qualities, and the circumstances, or birth and affinity. The end is an immense consolation; eternal absorption in Brahma.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)