“Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time
Breaking all of the rules that would bend
I began to find myself searchin'
Searching for shelter again and again.Against the wind
A little something against the wind
I found myself seeking shelter
Against the wind.”

“Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau.
Mock on, mock on — 'tis all in vain!
You throw the sand against the wind,
And the wind blows it back again.”

“I was listening to the wind that walks in the hour;
I never would have heard in the candlelight
I was hoping… would you shelter me from showers?
I believe every word in the candlelight…”

“Christmas is here:
Winds whistle shrill,
Icy and chill.
Little care we;
Little we fear
Weather without,
Sheltered about
The Mahogany Tree.”

“And who am I to blow against the wind?”

“It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.”

“The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.”

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

“The example of a believer is like a fresh tender plant; from whichever direction the wind blows, it bends the plant. But when the wind dies down, (it) straightens up again.”

“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”