The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

My first idea of movement, of the dance, certainly came from the rhythm of the waves.

It's not the sea that drowns you-it's the puddle.

A drop in the ocean has no fear of a hurricane.

Smooth runs the waters where the brook is deep ...

When you drink the water, remember the spring.

Whitewashing the pump won't make the water pure.

The mill cannot grind with the water that has passed.

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

He who has access to the fountain does not go to the water-pot.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.

God brings men into deep waters, not to drown them, but to cleanse them.

Vast is the mighty ocean, but drops have made it vast.

A drowning man will catch at a straw.

My life is like water that has passed the mill; it turns no wheel.

Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious. Not necessary to life, but rather life itself, thou fillest us with a gratification that exceeds the delight of the senses.

The old pond, ah! A frog jumps in: The water's sound.

All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.