“A certain amount of opposition is of great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with the wind.”
“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”
“A kite flies against the wind, not with it.”
“When the wind stops, kite falls but bird flies; because bird did not borrow the wind when rising!”
“In so far as it takes effect at all, pacifist propaganda can only be effective against those countries where a certain amount of freedom of speech is still permitted; in other words it is helpful to totalitarianism.”
“And yet - and yet - one's kite will rise on the wind as far as ever one has string to let it go. It tugs and tugs and will go, and one is glad the further it goes, even if everybody else is nasty about it.”