“You cannot keep birds from flying over your headbut you can keep them from building a nest in your hair”

“You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.”

“No, you cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them from building nests in your hair.”

“A Chinese proverb reminds us:You cannot prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.”

“You cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair.”

“If God had not permitted the people of Jerusalem to be torn asunder and driven them from the land, but had let them keep it after before, no one could convince them that they are not God`s chosen people.”

“For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the supreme Majesty, are 'musts.' Nevertheless, no one should be dragged to them or away from them by the hair, for I can drive no man to heaven or beat him into it with a club.”