It’s only the sea,’ said Moomintroll. ‘Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustn’t go inside because it’s a lab….
A residual sea of symbols which is shared by all mankind, usually accessed through dreams or altered states, and from which cultures draw images on w….
Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the of….
One of the sweet and expectable aspects of life afloat is the perpetual present moment one lives in and a perception that time is nothing more than t….
Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh..
There ain't much future for a man who works the sea, there ain't no island left for islanders like me..
The only way to get a good crew is to marry one..
It is well known that no person who regards his reputation will ever kill a trout with anything but a fly. It requires some training on the part of t….
For relationships, too, must be like islands. One must accept them for what they are here and now, within their limits - islands surrounded and inter….
I've always wanted to sail to the South Seas, but I can't afford it. What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous dis….
The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys, because they lie below them..
Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare currunt. (They change their sky, not their soul, who rush across the sea.).
By the shore of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, At the doorway of his wigwam, In the pleasant Summer morning, Hiawatha stood and waited..
Ships are to little purpose without skillful Sea Men..
By constantly keep one's attention on the Source, the ego is dissolved in that Source like a salt-doll in the sea..
A mob is usually a creature of very mysterious existence, particularly in a large city. Where it comes from, or whither it goes, few men can tell. As….
From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties..
Here I found those who had set out before me, both by sea and land, except those who have died..
An errant May-fly swerved unsteadily athwart the current in the intoxicated fashion affected by young bloods of May-flies seeing life. A swirl of wat….
I love fishing. It's transcendental meditation with a punchline..
Lampis, the sea commander, being asked how he got his wealth, answered, "My greatest estate I gained easily enough, but the smaller slowly and with m….