Seamen are the nearest to death and the furthest from God.

Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so shall you come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.

In all the ancient states and empires, those who had the shipping, had the wealth.

What will not attract a man’s stare at sea?—a gull, a turtle, a flying fish!

He that commands the sea is at great liberty and may take as much and as little of the war as he will.

Never trust her at any time when the calm sea shows her false alluring smile.

All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full.

And to our age’s drowsy blood / Still shouts the inspiring sea.

The sea yields action to the body, meditation to the mind, the world to the world, all parts thereof to each part, by this art of arts—navigation.

The wonderful sea charmed me from the first.

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea—whether it is to sail or to watch it—we are going back whence we came.

Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea. It is down there that the sea folk live.

It is He who has subdued the ocean so that you may eat of its fresh fish and bring up from its depth ornaments to wear. Behold the ships plowing their course through it. All this, that you may seek His bounty and render thanks.