“What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.”

“Tell me why the caged bird nutters against its prison bars, and I will tell you why the soul sickens of earthliness. The bird has wings, and wings were made to cleave the air, and soar in freedom in the sun. The soul is immortal — it cannot feed upon husks.”

“A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for.”

“What child unable to sleep on a warm summer night hasn't thought he saw Peter Pan's sailing ship in the sky? I will teach you to see that ship.”

“Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in.”

“Each hour until we meet is as a bird
That wings from far his gradual way along
The rustling covert of my soul.”

“Like ships, that sailed for sunny isles,
But never came to shore.”

“Man is a bird without wings and a bird is a man without sorrow.”

“We hear from the saints who experienced prayer power that prayer gives wings to humans lifting them up so they can fly.”

“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.”