“Man's hope can paint a purple picture, can transform a soaring vulture into a noble eagle or a moaning dove.”

“There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud”

“Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.”

“The Eagle soars in the summit of Heaven, The Hunter with his dogs pursues his circuit..”

“Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.”

“Maybe God is waiting for us to be silent long enough so he may begin painting a new picture in our imaginations, to begin transforming our image of a manageable deity into one that can truly inspire.”

“As the eagle cannot soar upon a single wing, so the ministry is unprofitable and joyless which stints devotion.”

“And you can cage the songbird,
But you can't make her sing.
And you can trap the free bird,
But you'll have to clip her wings.
`Cause she'll soar like a hawk when she flies,
But she'll dive like an eagle when she dies.”

“The baby dove into the room, transforming grotesquely as it landed on the floorin a deft sumersault”

“I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.”