“As for the person who wishes to be lifted up by the hand of Christ, let him first fly away himself, let him have his own wings, for one who flees from the world has wings. And if he does not have wings of his own—and perhaps only the individual who is able to fly has them—if then he does not have his own, let him get…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — FLIGHT FROM THE WORLD 5:30
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6And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
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4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
— Psalms 55:6 —
7Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.