Most people are rowing
Most people are rowing against the current of life. Instead of turning the boat around, all they need to do is let go of the oars. Esther Hicks
Rowing
Without a doubt, rowing
Without a doubt, rowing is the hardest thing you can attempt to learn in a short period of time. Eric Bana
Wild Nights – Wild
Wild Nights – Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights should be Our luxury! Futile – the winds – To a heart in port – Done with the compass – Done with the chart! Rowing in Eden – Ah, the sea! Might I moor – Tonight – In thee! Emily Dickinson
Our suicidal poets (Plath,
Our suicidal poets (Plath, Berryman, Lowell, Jarrell, et al.) spent too much of their lives inside rooms and classrooms when they should have been trudging up mountains, slogging through swamps, rowing down rivers. The indoor life is the next best thing to premature burial. Edward Abbey
When one rows it
When one rows it is not the rowing which moves the ship: rowing is only a magical ceremony by means of which one compels a demon to move the ship. Friedrich Nietzsche
Take a look at
Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where’s your river going? Are you riding with it? Or are you rowing against it? Don’t you see that there is no effort if you’re riding with your river? Frederick Carl Frieseke
I have been out
I have been out again on the river, rowing. I find nothing new. Fanny Kemble
So we beat on,
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. F. Scott Fitzgerald
While power is important,
While power is important, efficiency is critical. Many have worked hard and gone slow. Drew Ginn
A rower knows the
A rower knows the underlying presence that moves a boat; it is quite simply force and energy. The force needs to be penetrating, and the energy needs to be driving and uninhibited. Drew Ginn