What did a few
What did a few ripples in the flesh matter when, all too soon, now or later, that flesh would be making its return journey to dust? Gail Godwin
Ripple
We do NOT know
We do NOT know the past in chronological sequence. It may be convenient to lay it out anesthetized on the table with dates pasted on here and there, but what we know we know by ripples and spirals eddying out from us and from our own time. Ezra Pound
Become simple and live
Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don’t make ripples all around you, don’t try to be interesting, keep your distance, be honest, fight the desire to be thought fascinating by the outside world. Etty Hillesum
I am thinking of
I am thinking of the onion again. . . . Not self-righteous like the proletarian potato, nor a siren like the apple. No show-off like the banana. But a modest, self-effacing vegetable, questioning, introspective, peeling itself away, or merely radiating halos like ripples. Erica Jong
Gaiety is often the
Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Spring scarce had greener
Spring scarce had greener fields to show than these Of mid September; through the still warm noon The rivulets ripple forth a gladder tune Than ever in the summer; from the trees Dusk-green, and murmuring inward melodies, No leaf drops yet; only our evenings swoon In pallid skies more suddenly, and the moon Finds motionless … Read more
In their capacity as
In their capacity as a tool, computers will be but a ripple on the surface of our culture. In their capacity as intellectual challenge, they are without precedent in the cultural history of mankind. Edsger Dijkstra
She threw back her
She threw back her head with a laugh that made her chins ripple like little waves. Edith Wharton
Consciousness is a vast
Consciousness is a vast ocean and thinking is the waves & ripples on the surface of the ocean. Eckhart Tolle
The mind is like
The mind is like a lake. It reflects eternity when it’s very still. If ripples appear, lots of them, then the reflection is not clear. We lose the clarity of the perfect reflection. Frederick Lenz