“I have often been reminded of the wild duck that came down on migration into a barnyard and liked it so well that he stayed there. In the fall his erstwhile companions passed overhead and his first impulse was to rise and join them, but he had fed too well and could rise no higher than the eaves of the barn. The day came when his old fellow travelers could pass overhead without his even hearing their call. I have seen men and women who once mounted up with wings like eagles but are now content to live in the barnyard of this world.” MenWorldFirstsWellsChristianFallThis WorldHigherMen And WomenFellowsWingsHearingChristian InspirationalImpulseFedsCompanionDucksTravelerEaglesMigrationOverheadBarnsFellow Travelers Author:Vance Havner
“They say that "he who flies highest, falls farthest" - and who am I to argue? But we can't forget that "he who doesn't flap his wings, never flies at all".” FallForgetHighestWingsArguing Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“He that alone would wise and mighty be,Commands that others love as well as he.Love as he lov'd! - How can we soar so high?-He can add wings when he commands to fly.Nor should we be with this command dismay'd;He that examples gives will give his aid:For he took flesh, that where his precepts fall,His practice, as a pattern, may prevail.” GivingShouldWellsMayFallPracticeWiseExampleWingsAddPatternsAidsFleshCommandSoarDismay Book:The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: In Verse and Prose Source: The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: In Verse and Prose
“Religion and science are the two wings upon which man's intelligence can soar into the heights, with which the human soul can progress. It is not possible to fly with one wing alone! Should a man try to fly with the wing of religion alone he would quickly fall into the quagmire of superstition, whilst on the other hand, with the wing of science alone he would also make no progress, but fall into the despairing slough of materialism.” MenShouldTryingHumansTwoSoulHandsFallProgressWingsHeightMaterialismSuperstitionsSoarScience And ReligionHuman SoulSloughQuagmire Author:Abdu'l-Bahá
“How does newness come into the world? How is it born? Of what fusions, translations, conjoinings is it made? How does it survive, extreme and dangerous as it is? What compromises, what deals, what betrayals of its secret nature must it make to stave off the wrecking crew, the exterminating angel, the guillotine? Is birth always a fall? Do angels have wings? Can men fly?” MenWorldDoeMadeFallBornDealsSecretDangerousBirthAngelWingsExtremesBetrayalCompromiseCrewTranslationsFusionNewnessGuillotine Book:The Satanic Verses Source: The Satanic Verses
“I should be glad of loneliness And hours that go on broken wings,A thirsty body, a tired heart And the unchanging ache of things,If I could make a single song As lovely and as full of light,As hushed and brief as a falling star On a winter night.” IfsShouldHeartBodyLightNightSongFallStarsHoursLonelinessBrokenGoes OnTiredWingsWinterGladLovelyIf I CouldAcheThirstyUnchangingWinter NightBroken Wings Book:Flame and Shadow Source: Flame and Shadow
“No left wing parties have any respect for liberal economic values; and most centre and right wing parties merely promote a paternalistic stateism. Does it thus fall to the self-reliant students of the ruggedly individualist philosophy of magick to champion a certain measured libertarianism?” DoeSelfPhilosophyCertainValuesFallLeftPartyEconomicStudentsWingsChampionLibertarianismCentreRight WingLeft WingSelf ReliantEconomic Value Author:Peter J. Carroll
“The death of a man's wife is like cutting down an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the glare of the world, with its cares and vicissitudes falls upon the old widower's heart, and there is nothing to break their force, or shield him from the full weight of misfortune. It is as if his right hand were withered; as if one wing of his angel was broken, and every movement that he made brought him to the ground.” IfsMenWorldHeartLongMadeHandsCareFallForceBreakCuttingWifeMovementBrokenAngelWeightWingsAncientMisfortunesShieldsOaksMansionsWitheredGlareVicissitudesFamily ManCutting DownWidowers Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“Love's the only thing I've thought of or read about since I was knee-high. That's what I always dreamed of, of meeting somebody and falling in love. And when that remarkable thing happened, I was going to recite poetry to her for hours about how her heart's an angel's wing and her hair the strings of a heavenly harp. Instead I got drunk and hollered at her and called her a harpy.” LoveHeartFallHoursHappenedHairAngelWingsMeetingsFalling In LoveThings HappenDrunkKneesRemarkableHeavenlyStringsHarpsHarpies Author:Ben Hecht