However high a bird may soar,
it has sooner or later to perch on a tree top,
to enjoy quiet.
So too, a day will come
when even the most haughty,
the most wilful, the most unbelieving
and even those who assert that there
is no joy or peace in the contemplation
of the highest self will have to pray,
"God, grant me peace, grant me consolation, strength and joy."
