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Alfred North Whitehead Philosopher, Mathematician
Ocean

"It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of adventure and discovery - Columbus when he first saw the Western shore, Pizarro when he stared at the Pacific Ocean, Franklin when the electric spark came from the string of his kite, Galileo when he first turned his telescope to the heavens. Such moments are also granted to students in the abstract regions of thought, and high among them must be placed the morning when Descartes lay in bed and invented the method of co-ordinate geometry."

Morning Ocean Adventure
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Anais Nin Writer, Diarist
Ocean

"It is possible I never learned the names of birds in order to discover the bird of peace, the bird of paradise, the bird of the soul, the bird of desire. It is possible I avoided learning the names of composers and their music the better to close my eyes and listen to the mystery of all music as an ocean. It may be I have not learned dates in history in order to reach the essence of timelessness. It may be I never learned geography the better to map my own routes and discover my own lands. The unknown was my compass. The unknown was my encyclopedia. The unnamed was my science and progress."

Eye Order Ocean
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Arthur Conan Doyle Writer, Physician
Ocean

"Just as an octopus may have his den in some ocean cave, and come floating out a silent image of horror to attack a swimmer, so I picture such a spirit lurking in the dark of the house which he curses by his presence, and ready to float out upon all whom he can injure."

Dark Sea Ocean
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Artur Davis Politician
Ocean

"This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, let's get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own future."

Moving Ocean Healing
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Rachel Carson Biologist, Conservationist, Author
Ocean

"Always the edge of the sea remains an elusive and indefinable boundary. The shore has a dual nature, changing with the swing of the tides, belonging now to the land, now to the sea."

Sea Ocean Swings
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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Ocean

"With passion pray. With passion make love. With passion eat and drink and dance and play. Why look like a dead fish in this ocean of God?"

Play Passion Ocean
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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Ocean

"The men of God are like fishes in the ocean; they pop up into view on the surface here and there and everywhere, as they please."

Men Views Ocean
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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Ocean

"Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret, and in exchange gain the Ocean. Listen, O drop, bestow upon yourself this honor, and in the arms of the Sea be secure. Who indeed should be so fortunate? An Ocean wooing a drop! In God's name, in God's name, sell and buy at once! Give a drop, and take this Sea full of pearls."

Sea Ocean Regret
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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
Ocean

"Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river. When the ocean is searching for you, don't walk into the river. Listen to the ocean."

Silence Ocean Rivers
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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Ocean

"As soon as we become one with the ocean in the shape of God, there is no more rest for us, nor indeed do we need rest any longer."

Needs God Ocean
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Science Communicator
Ocean

"Where did the concept of "without borders" come from? No one had that concept until you saw Earth from space, illustrated not by a mapmaker who's color-coding political boundaries; it's illustrated by nature itself and there's land, there's ocean, there's atmosphere."

Land Color Ocean
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Ocean

"The hearts of some women tremble like leaves at every breath of love which reaches them, and they are still again. Others, like the ocean, are moved only by the breath of a storm, and not so easily lulled to rest."

Heart Ocean Storm
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Khalil Gibran Poet, Writer
Ocean

"Between the shores of the oceans and the summit of the highest mountain is a secret route that you must absolutely take before being one with the sons of the Earth."

Son Ocean Climbing
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Jimi Hendrix Musician, Guitarist
Ocean

"Music is going to break the way because music is in a spiritual thing of its own. It's like the waves of the ocean. You can't just cut out the perfect wave and take it home with you."

Spiritual Music Ocean
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John Lennon Musician, Activist
Ocean

"He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride."

Children Sleep Ocean
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