"Climate change is no longer a doomsday prophecy, it's a reality."

“Up from the dark the moon begins to creep; and now a pallid, haggard face lifts she above the water-line: thus from the deep a drowned body rises solemnly.”

“At any given time, there are a lot of million-dollar luxury charter boats cruising around the Mentawai Islands finding the most incredible waves. And yet the people on shore are suffering. The whole scene is wrong. As a surf community, we have to do something.”

“There is a great quote from a female writer. She said, 'If you don't break out in a sweat of fear when you write, you are not writing well enough. I tend to agree. I think my best pictures come when I push myself.”

“I try to work out with my personal trainer for an hour, four times a week - we mainly concentrate on weights and running. If I'm on the road I sometimes do DVD work-outs in my hotel room - P90X and Insanity are a couple of my favourites.”

“I have come to the conclusion that silence and time are the most precious commodities.”

“The best plans evolve.”

“The angling fever is a very real disease and can only be cured by the application of cold water and fresh, untainted air.”

Source : Theodore Gordon, Paul Schullery (2007). “Theodore Gordon on Trout: Talks and Tales from a Great American Angler”, p.52, Stackpole Books

“Mindfulness, as defined by the Buddha, means awareness of incessant change, of arising and vanishing, inside of your own body, which is the ultimate reality of your own life.”

Source : Paul Fleischman (2012). “Ancient Path: Talks on Vipassana Meditation as Taught by S.N. Goenka”, p.52, Pariyatti Publishing