One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew i would never see it again?

The shore is an ancient world, for as long as there has been an earth and sea there has been this place of the meeting of land and water.

The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.

We cannot have peace among men whose hearts find delight in killing any living creature.

The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.

The ocean is a place of paradoxes. It is the home of the great white shark, two-thousand-pound killer of the seas, and of the hundred-foot blue whale, the largest animal that ever lived. It is also the home of living things so small that your two hands might scoop up as many of them as there are stars in the Milky Way.