“Both the teardrop and the tempest are made of water, making it the most yielding and most destructive force on Earth.”

“The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation — a force for construction and destruction.”

“As our bodies are mostly made of water, I’d rather be hungry than thirsty. And as love is mostly made up of sugar water, I’d rather be a hummingbird caged in your heart.”

“I’m convinced that one of the most powerful forces on earth is the prayer of a child.”

“Fear, he said, ran all of our lives. Fear, he said, after religion, was the most destructive force in the world.”

“Most men will not swim before they are able to.” Is that not witty? Naturally, they won't swim! They are born for the solid earth, not for the water. And naturally they wont think. They are made for life, not for thought. Yes, and he who thinks, what’s more, he who makes thought his business, he may go far in it, but he has bartered the solid earth for the water all the same, and one day he will drown.”