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The Wind

«Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!»
«It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.»
«For what is it to die, But to stand in the sun and melt into the wind?»
«If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.»
Author: Latin Proverb | Keywords: oars, serve, take to, The Wind, wind
«Indoors or out, no one relaxes in March, that month of wind and taxes, the wind will presently disappear, the taxes last us all the year.»
«It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one's own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.»
«In the love of narrow souls I make many short voyages but in vain - I find no sea room - but in great souls I sail before the wind without a watch, and never reach the shore.»
«For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is it to cease breathing but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?»
«If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.»
«A temptation arises: it is the wind. It disturbs you: it is the surging of the seas. This is the time to awaken Christ and let Him remind you of these words, ?Who can this be? Even the wind and the waves obey him.?»

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