“The ship did not leave without you. It left to make room for your ship soon to arrive....the power of hope and faith.”
“Hope is the fuel of the ship of dreams. Without hope you can't even get out of the harbor.”
“Sitting calmly on a ship in fair weather is not a metaphor for having faith; but when the ship has sprung a leak, then enthusiastically to keep the ship afloat by pumping and not to seek the harbor--that is the metaphor for having faith. (Concluding Unscientific Postscript)”
“A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.”
“The men of my race arrive on wingless, eyeless ships.”
“friend"ships" sail like any other ship... left unattended, it will drift away”