“I had built a little cabin in Yosemite, and for convenience in getting water, and for the sake of music and society, I led a small stream from Yosemite Creek into it. Running along the side of the wall it was not in the way, and it had just fall enough to ripple and sing in low, sweet tones, making…”— John Muir, amazon.com
“Throw a stone into the stream and the ripples that propagate themselves are the beautiful type of all influence.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, amazon.com