“It was great to float on your back in a calm sea and have somebody steer you.”
“I felt like time was a great sea, and I was floating on the back of a turtle, and no sails broke the horizon.”
“man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer”
“You have brains in your head.You have feet in your shoes.You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
“What do you plan to do in the land of the sleepers? You have been floating in a sea of solitude, and the sea has borne you up. At long last, are you ready for dry land? Are you ready to drag yourself ashore?”
“We may be floating on Tao, but there is nothing wrong with steering. If Tao is like a river, it is certainly good to know where the rocks are.”