The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach -- waiting for a gift from the sea.
Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.
-- Anne Morrow Lindbergh, (Jun 22 1906-2001), US writer; She wrote Listen! The Wind, 1938 and A Gift From the Sea, 1955, and was the wife of Charles Lindbergh.