I haven't yet read Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Healthier, Happier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do but these quotes pay homage to the power of walking the seashore to calm the mind and nourish the soul.]
When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
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I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought.
- Helen Keller
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Every time I stand before a beautiful beach, its waves seem to whisper to me: If you choose the simply things and find joy in nature's simple treasures, like and living need not be so hard.
- Psyche Roxas-Mendoza
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The waves of the sea help me get back to me.
- Jill Davis
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For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it's always our self we find in the sea.
- e.e. cummings
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The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.
- Kate Chopin
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....there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away.
- Sarah Kay
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After a visit to the beach, it's hard to believe that we live in a material world.
- Pam Shaw
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The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
- Jacques Cousteau
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