Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
—Marcus Aurelius
Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone,
KINDNESS in another’s trouble,
COURAGE in your own.
—Adam Lindsay Gordon
It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in. Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more than anything.
—Virginia Woolf
Give fools their gold, and knaves their power;
let fortune’s bubbles rise and fall;
who sows a field, or trains a flower,
or plants a tree, is more than all.
—John Greenleaf Whittier
Do not spend time thinking about the world or about your relationships to individuals. These are all impermanent….Pay attention to that which lasts, to that which is permanent. All things involving the world and human relationships have to do only with the body. The body is like a water bubble. The mind is like a mad monkey. So do not follow the body or the mind. Follow the voice of God. It is the voice of unchanging truth inside you. It will direct you toward your highest good.
—Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Reputation is a bubble which man bursts when he tries to blow it for himself.
—Emma Carleton
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
—William Shakespeare
I had a stick of Carefree gum, but it didn’t work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.
—Mitch Hedberg