“a little bird moves a mountain of sand one grain at a time it picks up one grain every million years and when the mountain has been moved the bird puts it all back again and that's how long eternity is and that's a very long time to be dead” YearsLittlesLongHas BeensMovingMillionsMountainLong TimeBirdPicksEternityMovedSandGrainBack Again Book:Before I Die Source: Before I Die
“Just remember: If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity.” IfsRememberSidesOceanBirdEternitySandGrainGrains Of Sand Book:In Cold Blood Source: In Cold Blood
“When we meditate we expand, spreading our wings like a bird, trying to enter consciously into Infinity, Eternity and Immortality, welcoming them into our aspiring consciousness. We see, feel and grow into the entire universe of Light-Delight.” FeelsTryingLightUniverseGrowsConsciousnessMeditationBirdEternityWingsDelightWelcomeImmortalityInfinity Author:Sri Chinmoy
“If there were a mile high mountain of granite, and once every ten-thousand years a bird flew past and brushed it with a feather, by the time that mountain was worn away, a fraction of a second would have passed in the context of eternity” IfsYearsPastThousandTenMountainBirdEternityMilesWornThousand YearsFeathersFlewFractionsGranite Author:Lois Duncan
“Music was a thing of the soul — a rose-lipped shell that murmured of the eternal sea — a strange bird singing the songs of another shore.” SoulSongMusicSeaStrangeEternalMusic IsSingingBirdEternityShoreShells Author:J. G. Holland
“Let us not try to understand music with our mind. Let us not even try to feel it with our heart. Let us simply and spontaneously allow the music-bird to fly in our heart-sky. While flying, it will unconditionally reveal to us what it has and what it is. What it has, is Immortality's message. What it is, is Eternity's passage.” FeelsTryingMindHeartSkyMessagesBirdEternityFlyingImmortalityPassages Book:Meditation: Man-perfection in God-satisfaction Source: Meditation: Man-perfection in God-satisfaction