“Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.”

The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

It takes generosity to discover the whole through others.

From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.

If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.

A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.

It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.

No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.

But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.

I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.

Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.

The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers.

No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal.

If you realize you are only a violin, you can open yourself up to the world by playing your role in the concert.

The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.

We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.

If someone who is tattooed dies in freedom, then he does so a few years before he would have committed murder.

She thinks that before her arrival on the scene no woman ever did anything worthwhile before

I’m not so talented at planning things out or having schedules before or sticking to the plan per se

To the lands I knew before you came, And the cool ocean breezes shall blow from me The memory of your name.

But just as we begin to enter on the history of physical changes going on before our eyes, and in which we ourselves bear a part,

Today, tomorrow,” she said. “A day is nothing. A day is just a match you strike after the ten thousand matches before it have gone out.

There is nothing more inspiring than having a mind unfold before you. Let people teach who have a calling. It is never just a job.

I became a man. Before that I was a little boy.