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Letter "S" » sail
«Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.»
«Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness»
Author: John Calvin
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Statesman,
Theologian)
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Keywords:
in the midst,
midst,
overwhelmed,
perish,
pilot,
sail,
ship,
shipwrecked,
shipwrecks,
steered,
steering,
steers,
weariness
«On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, Reason the card, but passion is the gale»
«To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for.»
Author: Henry Van Dyke
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Essayist,
Poet,
Writer)
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Keywords:
aim,
all of,
All of Us,
choice,
for all,
haven,
havens,
increase,
mankind,
possible worlds,
sail,
service,
strive,
surely,
This is a,
virtue,
welfare
«To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Humorist,
Physician,
Poet,
Professor,
Writer)
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Keywords:
anchor,
anchored,
anchors,
drift,
drifted,
drifts,
lie,
must not,
port,
ports,
reach,
sail,
The Wind,
wind,
with the wind
«Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
(
Humorist,
Physician,
Poet,
Professor,
Writer)
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Keywords:
flag,
flagging,
Flag of,
mount,
mounting,
mounts,
mount up,
rudder,
sail,
sermon,
Sermon on the Mount,
steer,
steered,
steering,
steers,
The Mount
«Sail Forth- Steer for the deep waters only. Reckless O soul, exploring. I with thee and thou with me. For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared go. And we will risk the ship, ourselves, and all.»
Author: Walt Whitman
(
Poet)
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Keywords:
bound,
dared,
deep water,
explores,
exploring,
forth,
mariner,
mariners,
not yet,
reckless,
sail,
ship,
steer,
steered,
steering,
steers,
The Deep,
waters
«To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.»
«Since I grew tired of the chaseAnd search, I learned to find;And since the wind blows in my face,I sail with every wind.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
(
Critic,
Philosopher,
Scholar)
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Keywords:
blowing up,
blown up,
blows,
blow out,
blow over,
chases,
face,
grew,
learned,
sail,
search,
The Chase,
The Wind,
tired,
tired of,
tire out,
tiring,
wind
«Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! / Sail on, O Union, strong and great! / Humanity with all its fears, / With all the hopes of future years, / Is hanging breathless on thy fate!»