“No stir of air was there, Not so much life as on a summer's day Robs not one light seed from the feather'd grass, But where the dead leaf fell, there did it rest.” LightNatureAirSummerSeedsGrassLeafsFeathers Author:John Keats
“We wove a web in childhood, A web of sunny air; We dug a spring in infancy Of water pure and fair; We sowed in youth a mustard seed, We cut an almond rod; We are now grown up to riper age Are they withered in the sod?” AgeWaterCuttingAirChildhoodYouthPureSpringFairsSeedsSunnyInfancyWitheredMustardAlmondsSodMustard Seed Author:Charlotte Bronte
“there's two kinds of folk in the world, just like there's two kinds of life in a seed. Something sends one kind up to hunt its food in the light and air, and sends the other kind down into the earth to make the roots.” WorldKindTwoLightEarthAirRootsFolksSeedsHunts Book:American Triptych: Three John Sedges Novels Source: American Triptych: Three John Sedges Novels
“The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed, beginning as the smallest of seeds but growing until the birds of the air make their nests therein. There are old worlds and new ones. There are earthy worlds and cyber worlds. But one truth remains the same now and forever, that Jesus rules them all.” WorldJesusForeverGrowingAirBirdRemainsSeedsKingdomsSmallestKingdom Of GodNestsOld WorldCyberMustardMustard Seed Author:R. C. Sproul, Jr.
“Confess then, naught from nothing can become, Since all must have their seeds, wherefrom to grow, Wherefrom to reach the gentle fields of air.” GrowsAirFieldsSeedsGentle Book:Stoic Six Pack 3: The Epicureans Source: Stoic Six Pack 3: The Epicureans
“But human borders mean nothing to air, water, windblown soil or seeds or migrating fish, birds or mammals.” HumansMeanWaterAirBirdFishesSeedsBordersSoilMammals Author:David Suzuki
“Faith is not simply a private matter, or something we practice once a week at church. Rather, it should have a contagious effect on the broader world. Jesus used these images to illustrate His kingdom.: a sprinkle of yeast causing the whole loaf to rise, a pinch of salt preserving a slab of meat, the smallest seed in the garden growing into a great tree in which birds of the air come to nest.” WorldShouldMatterWholeUsedJesusChurchPracticeGrowingAirTreeWeekEffectsBirdGardenShould HaveSeedsKingdomsMeatSaltSmallestNestsContagiousSprinklesYeastSlabs Author:Philip Yancey