“ What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world's beauty, is everything! ”

“ I never ask a man what his business is, for it never interests me. What I ask him about are his thoughts and dreams. ”

“ Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time. ”

“ But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false? ”

“ The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. ”

“ I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me. ”

“ Blue, green, grey, white, or black smooth, ruffled, or mountainous that ocean is not silent. ”

“ But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean. ”

“ If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences. ”

“ To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth. ”