If human civilization is going to invade the waters of the earth, then let it be first of all to carry a message of respect.

However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day. I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence. The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: We are all in the same boat.

The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.

No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.

Perhaps the time has come to formulate a moral code which would govern our relations with the great creatures of the sea as well as with those on dry land. That this will come to pass is my dear wish.

There are no boundaries in the real Planet Earth. No United States, no Soviet Union, no China, no Taiwan...Rivers flow unimpeded across the swaths of continents. The persistent tides - the pulse of the sea - do not discriminate; they push against all the varied shores on Earth.