Robert Bauval quotes

“The fifth century BC historian Herodotus called Egypt ‘the gift of the Nile’. The Egyptians themselves went a lot further. They claimed that their sacred river had its source among the stars.”
-- Robert Bauval

Source : Robert Bauval (2007). “The Egypt Code”, p.33, Red Wheel Weiser

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“Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.”

Source : Aberjhani (2012). “Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black”, p.8, Bright Skylark Book Products

“There is one common thing in superstars - enthusiasm and humility towards their work. Off sets, they are big stars for others, and they carry themselves the way they want to. When they are working, they are not stars.”

“Once I even took the train to Utrecht, forty miles from Amsterdam, with my yellow star, this star which I still have. Why did I go? I just wanted to visit some friends. I was a little bit crazy, a little bit insane.”

Source : "To Save a Life: Stories of Holocaust Rescue" edited by Ellen Land-Weber, Part I, Holland, Ch. 1, (p. 48), 2000.

“City lights shine bright on my complexion, Self-reflection...red hairs flashing at the intersection. Life is a green light, one star, no script, Supporting actors...fresh peaches, no pit.”

“We've only recently turned the corner on the Sept. 11 attacks being blamed on Jews and Israelis, as well as almost every other terrorist attack, whether in London, Madrid, Bali or Egypt.”

“The mind is like a river. The thoughts are like the various droplets of water. We are submerged in that water. Stay on the bank and watch your mind.”

“If you think you can grasp me, think again: my story flows in more than one direction, a delta springing from the river bed with its five fingers spread.”

“I thought how lovely and how strange a river is...”

“Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.”

“But all the long speeches, all the interminable days and hours that people had spent talking about my soul, had left me with the impression of a colorless swirling river that was making me dizzy.”