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Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today


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

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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 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.

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.

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



People protect what they love.

People protect what they love.





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The only historian capable of fanning the spark of hope in the past is the one who is firmly convinced that even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he is victorious.




No work is "most important." Or, put differently, all work is important but work done poorly becomes most important.

No work is "most important." Or, put differently, all work is important but work done poorly becomes most important.



What will we and our daughters suffer if these degraded black men are allowed to have the rights that would make them even worse than our Saxon fathers?

What will we and our daughters suffer if these degraded black men are allowed to have the rights that would make them even worse than our Saxon fathers?



You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?

You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?



No apology is equal to the task set before it.

No apology is equal to the task set before it.



I look very different from how people expect me to be... Clearly they think I'm a great big fat viking.

I look very different from how people expect me to be... Clearly they think I'm a great big fat viking.



But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.

But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.



There are so many currency exchange rate problems that people are buying gold as a safe haven. Right now, gold looks like a safe haven if international exchange rates break down.

There are so many currency exchange rate problems that people are buying gold as a safe haven. Right now, gold looks like a safe haven if international exchange rates break down.



It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.

It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.




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