Safe Harbor

My wife and I live in Hood River, Oregon.   We like to stroll along the river to watch the sail boarders and kite surfers dance on the river.  The wind through the Columbia River Gorge is amazing and gives rise to a lot of wind daredevils. 

One particular evening we were strolling by the yacht club.  It was windy on the river, but all the berths in the harbor were in use.  Every boat was anchored, no sails were rigged. We could hear the lines of the sails whipping against the metals masts.

"The ships are safe within the harbor.  But is that what ships are for?"  

I was told that Albert Einstein said that.  But looking for the proper citation for this little entry I stumbled upon "https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/12/09/safe-harbor/".  The Quote Investigator tells me that this saying should be attributed to John A. Shedd, from his  1928 volume, "Salt from My Attic."

So, I will go with that.