The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.

Love is all I can possess and no one can deprive me of it. Kahlil Gibran (Visions of the Prophet)

The bird has an honor that man does not have. Man lives in the traps of his abdicated laws and traditions; but the birds live according to the natural law of God who causes the earth to turn around the sun.

Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.

Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.

Oh, Lord God, have mercy on me and mend my broken wings.