On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.
For all that has been said of the love that certain natures (on shore) have professed for it, for all the celebrations it has been the object of in prose and song, the sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness.
The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.
Being out there in the ocean, God's creation, it's like a gift He has given us to enjoy.
Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.
The ocean is a mighty harmonist.
Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.
'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of life.
It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.