“We must sit by these rivers, not under or in them, but above, not standing upright, but sitting down, so that we remain humble by sitting, and safe by remaining above.”
“And we will both sit on the children to make sure they remain safe.”
“So we sit there together the mountain and me, Li Po said, until only the mountain remains.”
“We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains.”
“Men must learn now with pity to dispense; For policy sits above conscience.”
“To sit down when you should have remained on your feet- that's all you need to show you the moral fabric of which we are made.”