“He who studies to imitate the poet Pindar, O Julius, relies on artificial wings fastened on with wax, and is sure to give his name to a glassy sea.” GivingNamesImaginationStudySeaPoetWingsRelyArtificialImitationJulius Author:Horace
“Students of the Way must not study Buddhism for the sake of themselves. They must study Buddhism only for the sake of Buddhism. The key to this is to renounce both body and mind without holding anything back and to offer them to the great sea of Buddhism.” WayMindBodyStudySeaStudentsBuddhismKeysOffersSakeMind And BodyRenounce Author:Dogen
“The more we study mind and matter scientifically the more we see that all things follow a natural sequence, a sequence as liable to work for our disadvantage as for our advantage. It flows like the water of a river, it falls like rain, it is as impartial as the sea. It is as innocent of malice as it is of compassion.” MindMatterReligionFallWaterNaturalCompassionStudySeaMoralityAdvantageRainFlowAll ThingsRiversInnocentSequenceMaliceDisadvantagesLiableMind And Matter Book:Llewelyn Powys: A Selection from His Writings Source: Llewelyn Powys: A Selection from His Writings
“Philosophical studies are beset by one peril, a person easily brings himself to think that he thinks; and a smattering of science encourages conceit. He is above his companions. A hieroglyphic is a spell. The gnostic dogma is cuneiform writing to the million. Moreover, the vain man is generally a doubter. It is Newton who sees himself in a child on the sea shore, and his discoveries in the colored shells.” ThinkingMenWritingChildrenPersonsPhilosophyMillionsStudySeaDiscoveryPhilosophicalVainCompanionShoreSpellsDogmaShellsPerilConceitNewtonDoubtersHieroglyphicsCuneiform Author:Robert Aris Willmott
“Sandy was particularly destructive because it was prevented from moving back out to sea by a "blocking pattern" associated with the jet stream. There's debate about this, but one recent study suggested that melting sea ice in the Arctic may lead to such blocking.” MayMovingStudySeaClimate ChangePatternsDebateBlockIceStreamsDestructiveJetMeltingArcticSandyMoving Back Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“Those who become enamoured of the art, without having previously applied to the diligent study of the scientific part of it, may be compared to mariners who put to the sea in a ship without rudder or compass and therefore cannot be certain of arriving at the wished for port.” MayArtCertainStudySeaShipsCompassPortArrivingDiligentMarinersRudders Book:A Treatise on Painting: Source: A Treatise on Painting: