“A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones.”
“A man's destiny is not written in stone, but in water.”
“Aye, and he falls for those ahead of him, who, though faster and surer of foot, yet removed not the stumbling stone.”
“The tyranny of mankind; it was like the obstinate drip of water falling on a stone and hollowing it little by little; and this drip continued, falling obstinately, falling without pause on the souls of the children.”
“After all, when a stone is dropped into a pond, the water continues quivering even after the stone has sunk to the bottom.”
“Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil.For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts it drinks even of dead waters.”