Lucretius Quotes

Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea.

It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the seas That with the blustering winds turmoiled be.

It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another.

Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.

No one will be harmed. You have nothing to fear. You will all be evacuated.

It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another.

Through danger safety comes - through trouble rest.

Personally, I've never been attracted to danger. It's not my sort of thing. I am more attracted to pubs and cafes. The known, safe and comfortable world.

Hiding out with the enemy brings only temporary relief.

Things change when you're not in danger anymore.

She buried her face in his shoulder. And while the truth still scared her, being in his arms made her feel like the sea finding its shore, like a traveler returning after a long, hard, distant trip-- finally returning home.

There is no feeling like coming home after danger.

Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.

What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.

Thank God we're safe. What I anticipated on Sept. 11 was that we would be attacked many times between then and now, and we haven't been.

Shhhhhh, shhhhhh, says the sea, but I don't believe her.

But then the wine came, one glass and then a second glass. And somewhere during that second drink, the switch was flipped. The wine gave me a melting feeling, a warm light sensation in my head, and I felt like safety itself had arrived in that glass, poured out from the bottle and allowed to spill out between us.

In a democracy it is ultimately for us, the citizens, to judge where to place the balance between security and privacy, safety and liberty. It's our lives and liberties that are threatened, not only by terrorism but also by massive depredations of our privacy in the name of counter-terrorism. If those companies from which governments actually take most of our intimate details want to show that they are still on the side of the angels, they had better join this struggle for transparency too.

To shut one's eyes to half of life that one may live securely is as though one blinded oneself that one might walk with more safety in a land of pit and precipice.

And there's that one particular harbor Sheltered from the wind Where the children play on the shore each day And all are safe within...

To come into camp and have my defensive coordinator say you won't be touched, I feel like a kid all over again.

As the moon's fair image quaketh In the raging waves of ocean, Whilst she, in the vault of heaven, Moves with silent peaceful motion.

Too much safety seems to yield only danger in the long run.

All is well. Everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe!