"Water has no mouth, but swallows many. Light has no hands, but touches many. Wind has no feet, but carries many. Darkness has no teeth, but devours many."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Essence, Elements, Nature, Symbolism, Power

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"The nature of God is in every man."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Essence, Nature, God, Man

"She was a mystery, personal in her journey but social in her seek; you wouldn't believe the depth in her heart until the day you felt her essence, for the very first time."

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

Essence, Mystery, Depth, Truth

"Life is the subtotal of time."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Time is the essence of life."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes."

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French Photographer

Essence, Eyes

"The soul ... is audible not visible."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Essence, Soul, Perception, Sound, Truth

"Life is but a light of love."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Essence, Light, Love, Life, But

"It was as if someone had taken a tiny bead of pure life and decking it as lightly as possible with down and feathers, had set it dancing and zigzagging to show us the true nature of life."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Essence, Life, Joy, Dance, Nature

"Savage though he was, and hideously marred about the face-at least to my taste-his countenance yet had a something in it which was by no means disagreeable. You cannot hide the soul."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

Essence, Soul, Appearance, Character

"Life is made up of time."

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Essence, Life, Time, Existence

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"Cowards drown in a pond. The extraordinary flourish in the middle of the ocean."

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"Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God."

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"The nature of God is in every man."

"She was a mystery, personal in her journey but social in her seek; you wouldn't believe the depth in her heart until the day you felt her essence, for the very first time."

"Life is the subtotal of time."

"Time is the essence of life."

"Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes."

"The soul ... is audible not visible."

"Life is but a light of love."

"It was as if someone had taken a tiny bead of pure life and decking it as lightly as possible with down and feathers, had set it dancing and zigzagging to show us the true nature of life."

"Savage though he was, and hideously marred about the face-at least to my taste-his countenance yet had a something in it which was by no means disagreeable. You cannot hide the soul."

"Life is made up of time."

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"The louder the dogs bark the less a lion feels threatened."

"Today's tears water tomorrow's gardens."

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"It is the worst people in your life that teach you the best lessons."

"When you are at your lowest God is getting ready to take you to your highest."

"What the wise see eyes closed is greater than what the ignorant see both eyes open."

"A seed rises from dirt to prove to the world that its greatness lies not on what the world thinks of it, but from within."

"Cowards drown in a pond. The extraordinary flourish in the middle of the ocean."

"Brave cubs become fierce lions."

"Water returns to the ocean. Light returns to the sun. Life returns to God."