Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
A bird is three things: Feathers, flight, and song, and feathers are the least of these.
Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.
The heron forgets the fish it has caught, the doves forget the snare in which they are taken.
The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.
Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble.
To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.