I was playing when I invented the aqualung. I think play is the most serious thing in the world.

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.

Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.

From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.

For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.

The future is in the hands of those who explore... and from all the beauty they discover while crossing perpetually receding frontiers, they develop for nature and for humankind an infinite love.

The reason I love the sea I cannot explain - it's physical. When you dive you begin to feel like an angel. It's a liberation of your weight.

The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish.

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.

People protect what they love.

In the deep space of the sea I have found my moon

The purpose of the church is to reveal to the people who God is

Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.

When I rap, it's just an extension of how I speak, and that's how I talk. If you don't like it, don't listen.

Alcohol is like pouring smiles on your brain.

My family was very encouraging, and both of my grandparents were both beautiful singers. My grandmother was a coloratura soprano, and my grandfather was an Irish tenor in a barbershop quartet.

If you want to be a warrior, you have to train.

You do not stop losing power by refusing to recognize your fear, by anesthetizing yourself to what you feel. The road to authentic power is always through what you feel through your heart.

It is not stress that kills us. It is effective adaptation to stress that allows us to live.

I'm interested in raw land and trees and fresh air and rivers and lots of animals around them.

Matter is spirit moving slowly enough to be seen.