From the Waves

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, 

so do our minutes, hasten to their end. ~William Shakespeare

When you grow up by the sea, you spend a good 

deal of time looking at the horizon. You wonder 

what on Earth the waves might bring - and where the sea might deposit you - until one day you know you have lived between two places, the scene of arrival and the point of departure. ~Andrew O'Hagan

Hidden Truth

 Some people think that the truth can be

hidden with a little cover-up and decoration.

But as time goes by, what is true is revealed,

and what is fake fades away. ~Ismail Haniyeh

The human heart has hidden treasures, 

In secret kept, in silence sealed;

The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, 

Whose charms were broken if revealed. ~Charlotte Bronte

Grain of Sand

To see a world in a grain of sand 

And heaven in a wildflower:

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,

And eternity in an hour. ~William Blake

The golden moments in the stream of life

rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; 

the angels come to visit us, and we only know

them when they are gone. ~George Eliot

Collecting Life

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one

track of light; every eye, looking on, 

finds its own. ~Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life. ~Sylvia Earle

Upon the Sand

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. ~Blaise Pascal

The one characteristic of authentic power that most people overlook is humbleness. It is important for many reasons. A humble person walks in a friendly world. He or she sees friends everywhere he or she looks, wherever he or she goes, whomever he or she meets. His or her perception goes beyond 

the shell of appearance and into essence.~Gary Zukav

Memory Flight

'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to

others that we know not of. ~William Shakespeare

I shall go the way of the open sea, to the

lands I knew before you came, and the cool

ocean breeze shall blow from me the memory

of your name. ~Adela Florence Nicolson

Luminous Tides

Sunrise offered a very beautiful spectacle; the water was quite unruffled, but the motion communicated by the tides was so great that, although there was 

not a breath of air stirring, the sea heaved slowly with a grand and majestic motion. ~George Grey

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. 

It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding. ~Norman Maclean