“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.”

“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”

“The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force. It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn”

“They more adeptly bend the willow's branches
who have experience of the willow's roots.”

“The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows - a wall against the wind.”

“The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.”

“Hinduism can survive modern times if only the people learn to bend with the wind. People will have to find a balance between the new and the old.”

“I think what you notice most when you haven’t been home in a while is how much the trees have grown around your memories.”

“See those trees
Bend in the wind
I feel they've got a lot more sense than me
You see I try to resist…”

“In the empty mountains
The leaves of the bamboo grass
Rustle in the wind.
I think of a girl
Who is not here.”