Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

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.

Money should not dictate how I live my life..I must take charge and become the master of money, so that I decide what I want to do with my time.

The young have everything but wisdom.

if a man runs with man is called as "Race" but if a man runs towards God is called as "Grace".

But what those critics don't know is that these same assets that excite me in the chase often, once they are acquired, leave me bored.

Love is the greatest force on earth to resist, limit and ultimately halt evil's deadly progression.

If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.

Irrevence is another person's disrespect to your god; there isn't any word that tells what your disrespect to his god is.

The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.

I'll bring a flower out there and then give them a peace sign and hopefully they'll make it happen.

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.