Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. – Slovakian Proverb
A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable. – William Wordsworth
A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. – Henry David Thoreau
The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out. – Annie Dillard
The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land. – Joseph Conrad
I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man. – Henry David Thoreau
The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea. – Isak Dinesen
Filthy water cannot be washed. – African Proverb
Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war. – Loren Eiseley
Most of us, I suppose, are a little nervous of the sea. No matter what its smiles may be, we doubt its friendship. – H.M. Tomlinson
The only cure for seasickness is to sit on the shady side of an old brick church in the country. – Author Unknown
Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce
The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness. – Joseph Conrad
Praise the sea; on shore remain. – John Florio
Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go. – Blaise Pascal
My connection to the earth is reinforced through the rhythm of the waves. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife
The great sea makes one a great sceptic. – Richard Jefferies
But I do see the good side of water now. How good it is when you’re really thirsty, how it glitters and gurgles! How alive it is! – G.K. Chesterton, The Flying Inn, 1914
“Take your shoes off,” purred the ocean waves. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com
