“The earth is such a voluminous, sparse, wild place that has its own rhythm that human beings try to control and strategize our way around, but the truth is, if you're out someplace like the ocean on a capsized boat, it doesn't matter if you have academic degrees, or if you're a martial-arts ninja. Nature is a bigger force than you.” IfsWayTryingHumansArtMatterEarthForceHuman BeingsTruth IsDegreesOceanBiggerBoatRhythmMartial ArtsAcademicNinjaWild Places Author:Rachael Taylor
“Coral reefs are under assault. They are rapidly being degraded by human activities. They are over-fished, bombed and poisoned. They are smothered by sediment, and choked by algae growing on nutrient-rich sewage and fertilizer run-off. They are damaged by irresponsible tourism and are being severely stressed by the warming of the world's oceans. Each of these pressures is bad enough in itself, but together, the cocktail is proving lethal.” WorldHumansEnoughRunningTogetherAnimalRichGrowingActivityProveCreaturesOceanPressureAssaultStressedIrresponsibleTourismCocktailsHuman ActivityReefsNutrientsFertilizerSewageAlgaeCoral Reefs Author:Klaus Topfer
“The oceans of art are awash with people who can't paint. When those who can't paint notice those who can, they are sometimes not inclined to accept them as serious like themselves. It's an unfortunate quirk of human nature and ought not to be fretted over.” PeopleHumansArtSometimesAcceptingHuman NatureAcceptanceSeriousOughtOceanPaintUnfortunateQuirks Author:Robert Genn
“Thus, human beings are now carrying out a large scale geophysical experiment of the kind that could not have happened in the past...Within a few centuries we are returning to the atmosphere and oceans the concentrated organic carbon stored in sedimentary rocks over hundreds of millions of years.” YearsHumansKindPastEnergyHuman BeingsMillionsEnvironmentHappenedRocksCenturyOceanClimate ChangeScalesExperimentsAtmosphereCarbonLarge Scale Author:Roger Revelle
“Enlightenment is an ocean of awareness that slides through the human part of us and dissolves it, and leaves us forever in eternity.” HumansForeverAwarenessOceanEnlightenmentEternitySlides Author:Frederick Lenz
“Life on this earth first emerged from the sea. As the polar ice melts and sea level rises, we humans find ourselves facing the prospect that once again we may quite literally become ocean.” FirstsHumansMayEarthLevelsSeaOceanIceSea Level Rise Author:John Luther Adams
“There is this unbounded, infinite, eternal, level, ocean, within every human being. Inner happiness comes with consciousness, bliss, intelligence comes with it. Creativity, love. Human beings have a potential and it has names like enlightenment or fulfilment, or liberation. True happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within. They say beauty is only skin deep but it's this stuff coming from the inside, absolute vibrant consciousness, absolute bliss” HumansLyingNamesStuffHuman BeingsLevelsConsciousnessCreativityOceanEternalEnlightenmentSkinsAbsolutesInfiniteLiberationBlissTrue HappinessFulfilmentInner HappinessSkin DeepBeauty Is Only Skin Deep Author:David Lynch