“Life is a little like a
message in a bottle,
to be carried by the
winds and the tides.”
~ Gene Tierney
Vessels of Ideas
wind
The Great Force
“The sound of ‘gentle stillness’
after all the thunder and
wind have passed
will the ultimate Word of God.”
~ Jim Elliot
Basic Dance Steps
“Anyone who thinks fallen leaves
are dead has never watched them
dancing on a windy day.”
~ Shira Tamir
Go With the Wind
“The sooner we learn
to be jointly responsible,
the easier the sailing will be.”
~ Ella Maillart
Ribbit, Croak, Bark, and Grunt
“Nature is my church.
The wind in the trees and the bugs
and the frogs. All those things
are comfort to me.”
~ Sissy Spacek
The Wind of Dreams
“Thought is the wind,
knowledge the sail, and
mankind the vessel.”
~ Augustus Hare
Indian Corn Amaizes
“A light wind swept over
the corn, and all nature laughed
in the sunshine.”
~ Anne Bronte
The Sounds of Nature
“The three great elemental
sounds in nature are
the sound of rain,
the sound of wind
in a primeval wood, and
the sound of outer ocean
on a beach.”
~ Henry Beston
The Direction of the Wind
“The general knowledge of time
on the island depends,
curiously enough, on the
direction of the wind.”
~ John Millington Synge
