An empty calabash cannot sink in an ocean

“Hui Shi was set on using the calabash to hold water, never thinking that he could use water to hold the calabash.”

— Tsai Chih Chung

“He thought back but Bianca, her foot heavy on the accelerator, thought away . From Rose, their mother, their entire past, books and papers…

— Andrea Barrett

When whales die, their bodies sink to the bottom of the ocean and over time become part of the marine sediment layer, where they…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

“Not the waves, not the storms, but often we ourselves sink our ships!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“If the ocean were music, sailboats would be the ballerinas.”

— Renee Carlino

You are not the drop in the ocean, but the ocean in the drop.

— Deepak Chopra

There is no drop of water in the ocean, not even in the deepest parts of the abyss, that does not know and respond…

— Rachel Carson

“Anyone can point to the ocean, but only the brave get past the shore.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Swells, Marina? we ocean, depths, Marina? we sky!

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“An aquarium is just an echo of the ocean.”

— Ben Caldwell

You can never cross the ocean, with the stillness of your emotion.

— Nishnat Grover

Life is like an ocean. It can be calm or still and rough or rigid. But in the end, it's always beautiful.

— Justice Cabral

“Mungu akikubariki kipaji chako watu watasema ni laana. Maisha yako ni sawa na mto. Unakoelekea ni baharini. Lakini sasa umefika kwenye mlango wa bahari.…

— Enock Maregesi

Life is like the ocean. It can be calm and still or rough and rigid but in the end, it is always beautiful.

— Anonymous

“It’s a big ocean crossed by busy ships. I went slowly, observing much.”

— Yann Martel