Water is the most perfect traveller

because when it travels it becomes

the path itself. 

Mehmet Murat ildan

Who hears the rippling of rivers,

will not utterly despair of anything.

Henry David Thoreau

If there is magic on this planet,

it is contained in water.

Loren Eiseley

The river waters 

quench the thirst of all living beings.

Ram Nath Kovind

Rivers are places that renew our spirit,

connect us with our past, 

and link us directly with the flow and rhythm 

of the natural world. 

Ted Turner

All along the river,

Deep down on the valley bed,

Surrounded by spongy soft mosses,

On branches and tree trunks and wood.

Sue Cartwright

For in the true nature of things,

if we rightly consider, every green tree,

is far more glorious than if it were

made of gold and silver. 

Martin Luther King Jr

A riverside coppice with canopies of leaves,

Rustling softly on a gentle breeze,

A bounty of hazel, birches, beeches and lime,

A beautiful and peaceful snapshot in time.

Sue Cartwright

I believe that there is a subtle

magnetism in nature,

which, if we unconsciously yield to it,

will direct us aright.

Henry David Thoreau

Mole thought his happiness 

was complete when, as he

meandered aimlessly along, 

suddenly he stood by the edge 

of a full-fed river. 

The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame

The path steered inland away 

from the river, stretching ahead 

into the woodland that skirted 

the hill on top of the valley.

Sue Cartwright

The path meandered high up 

on the side of the valley, passing 

through narrow walkways built 

into the bank with low, old stone 

walls on the river-side.

Sue Cartwright

What makes a river so restful to people

is that it doesn’t have any doubt,

it is sure to get where it is going,

and it doesn’t want to go anywhere else.

Hal Boyle

Come forth into the light of things,

let nature be your teacher.

William Wordsworth