“The shore is an ancient world, for as long as there has been an earth and sea there has been this place of the meeting of land and water.” WorldLongHas BeensEarthWaterSeaLandMeetingsAncientShoreAncient WorldLand And Water Book:The Edge of the Sea Source: The Edge of the Sea
“The genius of poetry must work out its own salvation in a man; it cannot be matured by law and precept, but by sensation and watchfulness in itself. That which is creative must create itself - In Endymion, I leaped headlong into the sea, and thereby have become better acquainted with the soundings, the quicksands, and the rocks, than if I had stayed upon the green shore, and piped a silly pipe, and took tea and comfortable sdvice.” IfsMenLawCreativeFailingSeaAdviceRocksGeniusComfortableGreenSalvationWork OutSillyTeaSensationsShoreAdsPipeMaturedQuicksandAfraid Of FailureWatchfulnessEndymion Author:John Keats
“[Director] Peter Wallerstein does great work rescuing sea life along the shores of LA, and I helped raise money for sanctuaries such as Chimp Haven, who are now taking in over two hundred medical lab chimps released from government-funded medical testing labs.” DoeTwoGovernmentSeaHavensDirectorsHundredRaisesMedicalShorePeterTestingGreat WorkSanctuaryLabsSea Life Author:Alison Eastwood
“Grant me the stormy seas over a life of ease, the toil and madness of a life of effort, and adventure , and meaning. The safe harbor is not for me, not for long. Let the fearful stand at the shore and point as we head into the unknown, toward that vast horizon where the bold become legend.” ThinkingLongEffortSeaPositive ThinkingAdventureSafeMadnessEaseGrantsHorizonShoreLegendsFearfulToilHarborsStormySafe HarborStormy Seas Author:Brendon Burchard
“The realms of good fortune and calamity in human life are all made of thoughts and imaginings. Therefore Buddhists say that the burning of desire for gain is itself a pit of fire, while drowning in greedy love is itself a bitter sea. The moment thoughts are pure, fierce flames become a pond; the moment you become aware, the boat has arrived on the further shore. If your thoughts vary at all, your world will immediately differ, so can we not be careful?” IfsWorldHumansMadeMomentsDesireLove IsFireSeaPureGainsFortuneCarefulBitterBoatBuddhistBurningHuman LifeFlamesRealmsTaoismShoreBe CarefulFierceGreedyPitsDrowningCalamityGood FortuneVaryPonds Author:Zicheng Hong
“That first plunge under the shore break on a chilly fall morning. It forces a sound out of one's body that is kind of a whoo-ahhh! - shocking and refreshing all at once. You become acutely aware of your body and your surroundings, which is helpful when you're about to paddle out to sea.” FirstsKindBodyFallForceSoundBreakMorningSeaYour BodyHelpfulShoreShockingSurroundingsPlungeRefreshingChilly Author:Brandon Boyd
“Every [Alaskan] has witnessed climate change over the past fifty years. Our winters are warmer, our summers are longer, and our Arctic Village shores, once protected by sea ice are eroding.” YearsPastSeaSummerClimateWinterClimate ChangeIceFiftyVillageShoreProtectedOver The PastArcticAlaskans Author:Ray Metcalfe
“Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea.” WritingFictionSeaCriticismCriticsShoreCensorshipHugSailingWriting Fiction Author:John Updike
“We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.” DoeScienceGrowsKnowledgeLearningSeaIgnoranceOceanIgnorantIslandsShoreKnowledge And Ignorance Author:John Archibald Wheeler
“The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.” SoulSpeakVoiceNatureHealingSeaOceanAwakeningBeachShoreAwakenedSeductiveSensuousMurmuringOcean SeaBest NatureOceans And SeasSeashoreMaritimeBeach And OceanBeach OceanSea And SkySea And BeachCool BeachBeautiful Beach Author:Kate Chopin
“Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever,- One foot in sea and one on shore, To one thing constant never.” MenOne ThingSeaFeetConstantShoreLost LoveSighDeceiverInconstancyBlithe Author:William Shakespeare
“One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is called the tide; in the case of the guilty it is called remorse. God stirs up the soul as well as the ocean.” MindWellsIdeasSoulWisdomCasesSeaOceanGuiltyShoreTidesRemorseSailor Book:Les Misérables Source: Les Misérables
“Well, I was thinking this very thing. I was thinking: I am going to die today, but Jesu also died, so he knows how it is with me. And I was thinking, would he know me when I came to him? Yes! Sitting in his hall, he will see me sail into the bay, and he will run down to meet me on the shore; he will wade into the sea and pull my boat onto the sand and welcome me as his wayfaring brother. Why will he do this? Because he too has suffered, and he knows...HE KNOWS...Is that not good news?” ThinkingKnowsWellsRunningTodayDiesKnow HowSeaBrotherNewsSittingDiedWelcomeBoatSandHallsShoreKnow MeSailGood NewsWade Author:Stephen R. Lawhead