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> # The sea, the ever renewing sea!

[Paul Valery](https://quotesby.net/Paul-Valery)\#5

[Life](https://quotesby.net/Paul-Valery/life/)[Nature](https://quotesby.net/topics/nature/)[Renewal](https://quotesby.net/topics/renewal/)[Sea](https://quotesby.net/topics/sea/)

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## About this quote

What does it mean?The sea symbolizes constant renewal and vitality.In plain termsThe ocean always refreshes itself and keeps going.What can you take from it?Find inspiration in the enduring cycle of nature.

### Where it applies

- contemplation
- writing
- reflection

### Putting it to work

- spending time near water
- observing natural cycles

### Questions to consider

- What renews your energy?
- What does the sea mean to you?

### Another view

The sea can also represent danger and chaos, not just renewal.

## More from Paul Valery

1. > We civilizations now know ourselves mortal.

[Permalink to quote \#4](https://quotesby.net/Paul-Valery/4/ "Permalink to quote 4")
2. > The wind is rising...we must attempt to live.

[Permalink to quote \#6](https://quotesby.net/Paul-Valery/6/ "Permalink to quote 6")
3. > You have neither the patience that weaves long lines nor a feeling for the irregular, nor a sense of the fittest place for a thing ... For you intelligence is …

[Permalink to quote \#3](https://quotesby.net/Paul-Valery/3/ "Permalink to quote 3")

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