“I want you to learn the lesson of the lotus. This flower springs forth from muddy waters. It raises its delicate petals… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
“The perfume of incense reminds us of the pervading influence of virtue, the lamp reminds us of light of knowledge and the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I went to pick my son up from school and walked him back and was in the house preparing dinner, and he… — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
Love is the real power. It's the energy that cherishes. The more you work with that energy, the more you will see… — Marion Woodman Copy Share Image
“All the men she's been with and now you, just you, and the barges going by, masts and hulls, the whole damned… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Artists are the seeds, brave enough to live and flower before humanity. Our soil is contemplation, our water, its understanding. Whether my… — Rasun Copy Share Image
democracy ... is not something that occurs overnight. It is not a gift delivered on a golden tray. Democracy is a long… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
Fall is not the end of the gardening year; it is the start of next year's growing season. The mulch you lay… — Thalassa Cruso Copy Share Image
The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
The bed of flowers Loosens amain, The beauteous snowdrops Droop o'er the plain. The crocus opens Its glowing bud, Like emeralds others,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Just as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires, so… — James Allen Copy Share Image
A man who can do everything fully consciously becomes a luminous phenomenon. He is all light, and his whole life is full… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
A flower is a miracle, but it does not have the sight or speech to describe us. And our own ability is… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
We had set out in a rain of flowers to seek the death of heroes. The war was our dream of greatness,… — Ernst Junger Copy Share Image
I have kind of a weird technique with zucchini. I cut it into small cubes; sweat it in olive oil, adding just… — Tom Colicchio Copy Share Image
Memorial Day will be celebrated ... by the usual betrayal of the dead, by the hypocritical patriotism of the politicians and contractors… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Witnessing can be called the seed and enlightenment can be called the flowers. But begin from witnessing, and then it starts growing.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“There were moments when she longed blindly for anything different, anything strange, remote and untried; but the utmost reach of her imagination… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
Possess purity in an eminent degree, and jealously preserve this fragrant flower. I earnestly desire to see you shine by the brilliancy… — Paul of the Cross Copy Share Image
Opportunistic relationships can hardly be kept constant. The acquaintance of honorable people, even at a distance, does not add flowers in times… — Zhuge Liang Copy Share Image
Heroic figures are now obsolete,So Demigod and Devil find retreatIn minds of children - as rare beasts and men,Elsewhere extinct, persist in… — Osbert Sitwell Copy Share Image
“Past their normal blooming season, the trees had shed many of their blossoms, but the ones that remained were vibrant and showy,… — Sarah Jio Copy Share Image
Here silence stands Like heat. Here leaves unnoticed thicken, Hidden weeds flower, neglected waters quicken, Luminously-peopled air ascends; And past the poppies… — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
He laughed, and it raised goose-bumps on my arms. "Oh,ma petite ,ma petite , you are precious." Just what I wanted to… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
You find a flower half-buried in leaves, And in your eye its very fate resides. Loving beauty, you caress the bloom; Soon… — Hanshan Copy Share Image
When she liked anyone it was quite natural for her to go to bed with him. She never thought twice about it.… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Life has to be in the moment, spontaneous and venerable. There isn't any winning or losing. Life itself, as it flowers in… — Richard Moss Copy Share Image
A long time ago, there were lovers that lived on the opposite ends of a river. They promised to meet when the… — John the Apostle Copy Share Image
The flowers of life are but visionary. How many pass away and leave no trace behind! How few yield any fruit,--and the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If things are tough, remember that every flower had to go through a whole lot of dirt to get there. So do… — Barbara Johnson Copy Share Image
I spent my childhood clad in 1970s hand-me-downs, primarily from male cousins, which mainly consisted of a selection of beige, brown and… — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I found every breath of air, and every scent, and every flower and leaf and blade of grass and every passing cloud,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
He couldn't tell that this was one of those occasions a man never forgets: a small cicatrice had been made on the… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Like any normal fifth grader, I preferred my villains to be evil and stay that way, to act like Dracula rather than… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
No one would think of bringing a dog into church. For though a dog is all very well on a gravel path,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I'm working hard to have a good life. You don't need fancy things to feel good. You can hug a puppy. You… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
If you have been afraid that your love of beautiful flowers and the flickering flame of the candle is somehow less spiritual… — Edith Schaeffer Copy Share Image
LIFE is a mosaic of pleasure and pain - grief is an interval between two moments of joy. Peace is the interlude… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
