Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.

Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.

A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.

When Karim and his group heard about Saddam coming, they wanted to kill him, but fate had other ideas.

Oman overall has great animal and plant biodiversity because it has mountains, desert, coastal areas and rich coral reefs.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

VX is now a dead issue... It is political, really.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.

A lovely face is the solace of wounded hearts and the key of locked-up gates.

Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.

When the belly is empty the body becomes spirit and when it is full the spirit becomes body.

Keep belly lightly loaded if mind would wisdom see For bodies crammed to bursting make empty souls to be.

The rose and the thorn and sorrow and gladness are linked together.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven it remains valueless.

No one ever sowed the grain of generosity who gathered not up the harvest of the desire of his heart.

Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.

A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul.

A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.

What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?

Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.

In Kenya you've got the great birds and monkeys leaping through the trees overhead. It's a chance to remember what the world is really like.

When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to microbes, to the other animals, when they come in contact and digest plants that are producing materials ranging from plastics to vaccines to pharmaceutical products?

Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene in America, is called the Tea Party movement.

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost.

I am decidedly of the opinion that in very many instances we can trace such a necessary connexion, especially among birds, and often with more complete success than in the case which I have here attempted to explain.

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away.

The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds.

Feathers predate birds.

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air.

I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go.

Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer.

It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries.

Consider the birds. Be wise as serpents.

Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.

I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.

As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children.

Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain.