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Dr. Edward P. Philpots

“Voyager upon life’s sea; / To yourself be true, / And what’er your lot may be, / Paddle your own canoe.” – Dr. Edward P. Philpots

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David Herbert Lawrence

“Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.” – David Herbert Lawrence

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Joseph Conrad

“The humblest craft that floats makes its appeal to a seaman by the faithfulness of her life.” – Joseph Conrad

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Alexander Pope

“On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.” – Alexander Pope

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Albert Schweitzer

“Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me.” … Continue reading

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Harri Holkeri

“The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.” – Harri Holkeri

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Henryk Sienkiewicz

“If the infinity of the sea may call out thus, perhaps when a man is growing old, calls come to him, too, from another infinity still darker and more deeply mysterious; and the more he is wearied by life the … Continue reading

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James Gibbons Huneker

“Life is like an onion; you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.” – James Gibbons Huneker

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Brendan Gill

“Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.” – Brendan Gill

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Havelock Ellis

“To live remains an art which everyone must learn, and which no one can teach.” – Havelock Ellis