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But sandcastles crumble
And hunger is human
And humans are hungry
For worlds they can't share
My dreams with the seagulls fly
Out of reach out of cry
(Joni Mitchell, Song to a Seagull)

Free thyself from the fetters of this world, and loose thy soul from the prison of self. Seize thy chance, for it will come to thee no more. (Bahá’u'lláh)

Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It's enough to drive one mad: I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it. (Claude Monet)

I cannot paint a flower ... but maybe in terms of paint color, I can convey to you my experience of the flower or the experience that makes the flower of significance to me at the particular time.  (Georgia O'Keefe)

As I draw near the borderland ... the wonderful light of the other life seems often to shine so joyfully into this one, that I almost forget the past and present, in an eager anticipation of the approaching awakening. (Elizabeth Blackwell)

I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that any who can feel these vibrations is inspired. (Richard Wagner)

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Bursting through his cage, he will, even as the bird of the spirit, wing his flight to his holy and everlasting nest. (Bahá'u'lláh)

The third Tajalli [Effulgence] is concerning arts, crafts and sciences. Knowledge is as wings to man's life, and a ladder for his ascent. Its acquisition is incumbent upon everyone. We, verily, have made music as a ladder for your souls, a means whereby they may be lifted up unto the realm on high... (Bahá'u'lláh)

The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who wore at their hearts the fire's centre.
Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun
And left the vivid air signed with their honour.
(Stephen Spender)

Sanctify thy heart, illumine thy soul, and sharpen thy sight, that thou mayest perceive the sweet accents of the Birds of Heaven and the melodies of the Doves of Holiness warbling in the Kingdom of eternity, and perchance apprehend the inner meaning of these utterances and their hidden mysteries. (Bahá'u'lláh)

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Observe the wonders as they occur around you.
Don't claim them. Feel the artistry
moving through, and be silent.
(Jalal al-Din Rumi)

Hey little bird, take my blessings to the stars above you,
and scatter my wishes to the ones who love you,
Take them often on a trip transcendent,
and sink to the waves and then rise resplendent.
(Buffy St. Marie)

Upon that misty night
In secrecy, beyond such mortal sight
Without a guide or light
Than that which burned so deeply in my heart
That fire 'twas what led me on
And shone more bright than of the midday sun
(St. John of the Cross)

The male and female are like the two wings of a bird and when both wings are reinforced with the same impulse the bird of humanity will be enabled to soar heaven-ward to the summit of progress. ('Abdu'l-Bahá)

Once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. (Leonardo da Vinci)

The mystic message of that bird had penetrated my soul and was continually on my lips. I revolved it constantly in my mind. I shared it with no one, fearing lest its sweetness forsake me.
(Nabíl-i-A'zam, The Dawnbreakers)

I address thee from this consecrated spot, to gladden thy bosom with mine epistle to thee, for this is such a letter as maketh the heart of him who believeth in God's oneness to wing its flight toward the summits of bliss. ('Abdu'l-Bahá)

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Whither can a lover go but to the land of his beloved? and what seeker findeth rest away from his heart's desire? To the true lover reunion is life, and separation is death. His breast is void of patience and his heart hath no peace. A myriad lives he would forsake to hasten to the abode of his beloved. (Bahá’u'lláh

Aid us to become seas surging with the billows of Thy wondrous Grace, streams flowing from Thine all-glorious Heights, goodly fruits upon the Tree of Thy heavenly Cause, trees waving through the breezes of Thy Bounty in Thy celestial Vineyard. ('Abdu'l-Bahá)

When the Sun of Reality returns to quicken the world of mankind a divine bounty descends from the heaven of generosity. The realm of thoughts and ideals is set in motion and blessed with new life. ('Abdu'l-Bahá)

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O SON OF MAN! Wert thou to speed through the immensity of space and traverse the expanse of heaven, yet thou wouldst find no rest save in submission to Our command and humbleness before Our Face. (Bahá’u'lláh)

... the fire of love is ablaze; and when the fire of love is ablaze, it burneth to ashes the harvest of reason.
(Bahá'u'lláh)

And somebody spoke and I went into a dream.
Ah I read the news today, oh boy
(The Beatles: A Day In The Life, Sgt Pepper)

The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves itself fitting for this representation. (Georg Wilhelm Hegel)

Erelong wilt thou behold the flush of daybreak spreading from out the Most Exalted Realm, and the morn encompassing all regions. It will put the dark to flight, and the gloom of night will fade and pass... ('Abdu'l-Bahá)

Love supplies the impulse to that intense and unceasing meditation which reveals the hidden mysteries of the universe. ('Abdu'l-Bahá)

Therefore, know thou that the True One possesseth invisible worlds which human meditation is unable to comprehend and the intellect of man hath no power to imagine. (‘Abdu’l-Bahá)

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Observe how dear thou wert that He guided thee to the Kingdom of Light, and how near to His Threshold, that He granted thee admission into His Court. ('Abdu'l-Bahá)

we are the stars which sing
we sing with our light;
we are the birds of fire,
we fly over the sky.
our light is a voice;
we make a road for the spirit to pass over
(Dead Can Dance, Spiritchaser)

The winds of despair are, alas, blowing from every direction, and the strife that divideth and afflicteth the human race is daily increasing. The signs of impending convulsions and chaos can now be discerned, inasmuch as the prevailing order appeareth to be lamentably defective. (Bahá'u'lláh)

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O God, my God! Stay not from me the gentle gales of Thy pardon and grace, and deprive me not of the wellsprings of Thine aid and favor. 'Neath the shade of Thy protecting wings let me nestle, and cast upon me the glance of Thine all-protecting eye. ('Abdu'l-Bahá)

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera. (Dorothea Lange)

Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!
No hungry generations tread thee down;
(John Keats, Ode to a Nightingale)

Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord, my God! How can I make mention of Thee, assured as I am that no tongue, however deep its wisdom, can befittingly magnify Thy name, nor can the bird of the human heart, however great its longing, ever hope to ascend into the heaven of Thy majesty and knowledge. (Bahá'u'lláh)