“That was the river, this is the sea.”
“Is it possible to take river water back after it has mixed into the sea? The river and the sea are united and one now.”
“MY river runs to thee: Blue sea, wilt welcome me? My river waits reply. Oh sea, look graciously! I ’ll fetch thee brooks From spotted nooks,— Say, sea, Take me!”
“in truth man is polluted river. one must be a sea to receive a polluted river without becoming defiled.”
“The river is within us, the sea is all about us;”
“For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.”