Animal Quote by George MacDonald

I think my great book is Born to Sing: An Interpretation and World Survey of Bird Song.

— Charles Hartshorne

“The human bird shall take his first flight,filling the words with amazement,all writings with his fame,and bringing eternal glory to those whose nest whence…

— Leonardo da Vinci

The birds I heard today, which, fortunately, did not come within the scope of my science, sang as freshly as if it had been…

— Henry David Thoreau

“A bird cried jubilation. In that moment they lived long. All minor motions were stilled and only the great ones were perceived. Beneath them…

— Sheri S. Tepper

“Blessed be, it's finally Spring. In joy and delight the birds sing, Ravished upon the entire earth, The new rebirth, Helas, the joy it…

— Ana Claudia Antunes

“I’ve figured it out, something that was never clear to me before–how all creation transposes itself out of the world deeper and deeper into…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“The moon rises. The red cubs rolling In the ferns by the rotten oak Stare over a marsh and a meadow To the farm's…

— Randall Jarrell

“Birds, unlike us, lack countenance. But they make us smile when they connecting the sky with their dazzling feathers. They amaze us with how…

— Susan Ligori

“New eyes awaken. I send Love's name into the world with wings And songs grow up around me like a jungle. Choirs of all…

— Thomas Merton

“Poetry and its creations, philosophy and its researches and classifications, alike awoke the sleeping ideas in my mind, and gave me new ones.”

— Mary Shelley

“. . . to my surprise I began to know what The Language was about, not just the part we were singing now but…

— Monica Furlong

Knowledge and increase of enduring joy From the great Nature that exists in works Of mighty Poets.

— William Wordsworth