“The sea ebbs and flows, but the rock remains unmoved.” SeaRocksFlowRemainsEbb And Flow Author:Robert Murray M'Cheyne
“Dwellers by the sea cannot fail to be impressed by the sight of its ceaseless ebb and flow, and are apt, on the principles of that rude philosophy of sympathy and resemblance... to trace a subtle relation, a secret harmony, between its tides and the life of man... The belief that most deaths happen at ebb tide is said to be held along the east coast of England from Northumberland to Kent.” MenSaidPhilosophyHappensBeliefSecretPrinciplesFailingSeaFlowSightEnglandRelationHarmonyEastSubtleTidesImpressedRudeCoastResemblanceEast CoastEbb And FlowDwellersKent Author:James G. Frazer
“The wisdom of God exceeds that of the wisest man, more than his wisdom exceeds that of a child. If a child were to conjecture how an army is to be formed in the day of battle--how a city is to be fortified, or a state governed--what chance has he to guess right? As little chance has the wisest man when he pretends to conjecture how the planets move in their courses, how the sea ebbs and flows, and how our minds act upon our bodies.” IfsMenMindChildrenLittlesStatesBodyMovingCoursesChanceCitiesSeaPlanetsBattleFlowArmyExceedWisestConjectureEbb And FlowWisest Man Book:Philosophical works Source: Philosophical works
“The fortune of us that are the moon's men doth ebb and flow like the sea, being governed, as the sea is, by the moon.” MenSeaMoonFlowFortuneEbb And Flow Book:Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version) Source: Histories of Shakespeare in Plain and Simple English (a Modern Translation and the Original Version)
“I love to be by the ocean and have always done my best thinking by the sea. The ebb and flow is like a brain massage and very calming. I am also inspired by seeing kindness in others. It touches me and reminds me to be kind as well.” ThinkingWellsKindDoneBrainKindnessSeeingSeaOceanFlowInspiredBe KindMassageCalmingTouch MeEbb And Flow Author:Roma Downey