A Quote by Hugo Eckener

The aeroplane is tragically unsuited for ocean service. — © Hugo Eckener
The aeroplane is tragically unsuited for ocean service.

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The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.
This all-pervading divine power of love is the ocean of knowledge, is the ocean of bliss and compassion, but above all it is the ocean of forgiveness.
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I do an awful lot of scuba diving. I love to be on the ocean, under the ocean. I live next to the ocean.
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