The sea is the universal sewer.
No sooner does man discover intelligence than he tries to involve it in his own stupidity.
When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.
We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.
We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years.
The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.
The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
People protect what they love.
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.