“The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.”

“Two waves in the ocean are talking to each other. The front wave tells the second that it's frightened because it is about to crash into the shore and cease to exist. But the second wave shows no fear. It explains to the first: "You are frightened because you think you are a wave; I am not frightened because know I am part of the ocean.”

“It struck me then how much the past - not just the past but history and family - was like the ocean tide. It was always the same ocean, but the waves made it fresh and new each time.”

“It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean.”

“You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing.”

“An ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water.”