“I am humility, nothing more and nothing less. I am one blade of grass in a sea of grass. I am one wave in an endless ocean of waves. I am one glowing star in a galaxy of stars.” StarsSeaHumilityBuddhismBalanceOceanWaveEndlessGrassGalaxyBladesGlowingBlades Of Grass Author:Frederick Lenz
“I love moving water, I love ships, I love the sharp definition, the concentrated humanity, the sublime solitude of life at sea. The dangers of it only make present to us the peril inherent in all existence, which the stupid, ignorant, un-travelled land-worm never discovers; and the art of it, so mathematical, so exact, so rewarding to intelligence, appeals to courage and clears the mind of superstition, while filling it with humility and true religion.” MindArtMovingHumanityWaterExistenceSeaLandStupidDangerHumilitySolitudeDefinitionsIgnorantShipsMathematicalAppealsSuperstitionsInherentSublimeWormsFillingPerilTrue ReligionMoving Water Author:George Santayana
“Elections, especially of representatives and counselors, should be annual, there not being in the whole circle of the sciences a maxim more infallible than this, "where annual elections end, there slavery begins." These great men ... should be (chosen) once a year-Like bubbles on the sea of matter bourne, they rise, they break, and to the sea return. This will teach them the great political virtues of humility, patience, and moderation, without which every man in power becomes a ravenous beast of prey.” MenShouldYearsEndsMatterWholePoliticalTeachBreakVirtueSeaHumilityReturnElectionSlaveryEvery ManCirclesChosenBeastGreat MenBubblesRepresentativesModerationMaximsPreyAnnualsInfallibleCounselorBourneGreat Political Author:John Adams
“Why could you not have left me as I was, in the sea of being?" "Because the world has need of your humility, your piety, your great teaching and your Machiavellian scheming.” WorldNeedsLeftSeaTeachingHumilityPietyGreat Teaching Author:Roger Zelazny