“Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt a lively, intelligent bird... a social being... capable of actual affection... nuzzling its young with almost human- like compassion. Anyway, it's dead and we're gonna eat it. Please give our respects to its family.” GivingHumansFunnyYoungSocialCompassionLordDoubtFoodPleaseCapableBirdIntelligentCookingDearAffectionChristmasTheeNo DoubtCulinaryVegetarianVeganTurkeysVegetarianismLivelyFunny Christmas CardDear LordSocial Being Author:Berkeley Breathed
“Sometimes I come across a tree which seems like Buddha or Jesus: loving, compassionate, still, unambitious, enlightened, in eternal meditation, giving pleasure to a pilgrim, shade to a cow, berries to a bird, beauty to its surroundings, health to its neighbors, branches for the fire, leaves for the soil, asking nothing in return, in total harmony with the wind and the rain. How much can I learn from a tree? The tree is my church, the tree is my temple, the tree is my mantra, the tree is my poem and my prayer.” LoveGivingStillsSometimesSeemsBeautifulJesusNatureChurchPrayerPleasureCompassionBeautyFireMeditationTreeWindReturnEternalBirdRainHarmonyAskingPlantNeighborBuddhistBranchesSoilTemplesEnlightenedShadeCompassionateStillnessCowsSurroundingsBeautiful LifeMantrasPilgrimBerries Author:Satish Kumar
“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love - that makes life and nature harmonise. The birds are consulting about their migrations, the trees are putting on the hectic or the pallid hues of decay, and begin to strew the ground, that one's very footsteps may not disturb the repose of earth and air, while they give us a scent that is a perfect anodyne to the restless spirit. Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” IfsGivingMayStillsSoulEarthSpiritFallPerfectAirTreeBirdSeekingAutumnMelancholyDecayScentDeliciousRestlessFootstepsReposeMigrationHueConsultingFall AutumnFall SeasonHecticAutumn SeasonAutumn DaysAutumn LoveRestless Spirit Book:George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals Source: George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals
“Compassion is the basis of all truthful relationship: it means being present with love-for ourselves and for all life, including animals, fish, birds, and trees. Compassion is bringing our deepest truth into our actions, no matter how much the world seems to resist, because that is ultimately what we have to give this world and one another.” WorldGivingMeanMatterSeemsActionAnimalCompassionTreeThis WorldBirdBasesIncludingFishesTruthfulOur Actions Book:Compassion in action: setting out on the path of service Source: Compassion in action: setting out on the path of service
“God is not a person at all. You cannot worship God. You can live in a godly way but you cannot worship God - there is nobody to worship. All your worship is sheer stupidity, all your images of God are your own creation. There is no God as such, but there is godliness, certainly - in the flowers, in the birds, in the stars, in the eyes of the people, when a song arises in the heart and poetry surrounds you... all this is God. Let us say `godliness` rather than using the word `God` - that word gives you the idea of a person, and God is not a person but a presence.” PeopleWayGivingHeartPersonsIdeasGodEyeSongStarsCreationFlowerWorshipBirdStupidityAriseSurroundSheerGodlyThere Is No GodGodlinessGod ImageWorship God Author:Rajneesh
“In the deepest night of trouble and sorrow God gives us so much to be thankful for that we need never cease our singing. With all our wisdom and foresight we can take a lesson in gladness and gratitude from the happy bird that sings all night, as if the day were not long enough to tell its joy.” IfsNeedsGivingLongEnoughJoyNightTroubleSorrowGratitudeLessonsSingingBirdCeaseBeing ThankfulAll NightForesightGladness Author:Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“There is nothing very odd about lambs disliking birds of prey, but this is no reason for holding it against large birds of prey that they carry off lambs. And when the lambs whisper among themselves, "These birds of prey are evil, and does this not give us a right to say that whatever is the opposite of a bird of prey must be good," there is nothing intrinsically wrong with such an argument-though the birds of prey will look somewhat quizzically and say, We have nothing against these good lambs; in fact, we love them; nothing tastes better than a tender lamb.” GivingLooksDoeReasonFactsEvilTrustTasteBirdArgumentOppositesBe GoodOddNo ReasonPreyLambsBirds Of Prey Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Never be without remembrance of Him, for His remembrance gives strength and wings to the bird of the Spirit.” GivingWisdomSpiritBirdWingsIslamicRemembrance Author:Rumi
“I hate the idea that, when it comes to books and learning, hard is often seen as the opposite of fun. It's strange to me that we should be so quick to give up on a book or a math problem when we are so willing to grapple, for centuries if necessary, with a single level of Angry Birds.” IfsGivingShouldBookIdeasHardProblemHateFunLevelsCenturyStrangeWillingGiving UpBirdOppositesI HateAngryMathMath ProblemsAngry Birds Author:John Green