quit fighting the sails and let the wind move the…

“you don’t have any choice but to quit fighting the sails and let the wind move the boat—drift on faith for a while.”

— Lisa Wingate

My sailing system set sail, make it fast, no thoughts of energy or velocity, loll back, let boat drift.

— Albert Einstein

“We were on the north shore. There, the rocks on the bottom are sometimes gray, sometimes white. This gives the marvelous transparency of the…

— Mark Twain

For one thing, I was no longer alone; a man is never alone with the wind-and the boat made three.

— Hilaire Belloc

“Calm seas may be more comfortable, but when there’s no wind, the boat can’t sail forward.”

— Bruno LoGreco

Be happy when you reach the top: cry, clap your hands, shout to the four winds that you did it, let the wind -…

— Paulo Coelho

“Let the wind take you. Let you soar above the mountains. As your time ends here, so will it be done.”

— Sarah Dalton

All around us lies what we neither understand nor use. Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let…

— Margaret Fuller

“It's very peaceful. Like perhaps the life of a ghost. Carefree and without worry. I naturally let the wind take me forwards when it…

— Inio Asano

“If you hold on to the handle, she said, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just…

— Brian Andreas

Sometimes, I'm driving along in my car, and a song from my high-school years comes on the radio: Springsteen's 'Thunder Road.' Just the opening…

— Dani Shapiro

let the wind change direction a little bit, and their cries turned to whispers.

— Haruki Murakami

Well now I'm no hero, that's understood. All the redemption I can offer girl, is beneath this dirty hood. With a chance to make…

— Bruce Springsteen

“I tell my girls when you have done everything humanly possible, when you have fought with everything in you for something you truly believe…

— Susan Goldsmith

My love is like the wind and wild is the wind. Give me more than one caress, satisfy my hungriness. Let the wind blow…

— Nina Simone