In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 per day.

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

Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.

From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.

For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.

The future is in the hands of those who explore... and from all the beauty they discover while crossing perpetually receding frontiers, they develop for nature and for humankind an infinite love.

The reason I love the sea I cannot explain - it's physical. When you dive you begin to feel like an angel. It's a liberation of your weight.

The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish.

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.

I was playing when I invented the aqualung. I think play is the most serious thing in the world.

People protect what they love.

Death didn't bother me much. Strong Christian and all that. Method of death did. Being eaten alive. One of my top three ways not to go out.

There can be no justice so long as law is absolute. Even life itself is an excercise in exceptions.”“When has justice ever been as simple as a rule-book?” - Riker

For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.

God is too good to be unkind, too wise to be mistaken; and when you cannot trace His hand, you can trust His heart.

You seek up a big monster for him to fight your wars for you.

We work in the dark -- we do what we can -- we give what we have.

Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.

You have stirred the soil with your plow, my friend. It will never be the same again.

I was busier than a beaver in a coffee lake.

Nearly every problem has been solved by someone, somewhere. The challenge of the 21st century is to find out what works and scale it up.