How many thorns of human nature - hard, sharp, lifeless protuberances that tear and wound us, narrow prejudices, bristling conceits that repel… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I don't believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood,… — Solomon Copy Share Image
Remember, Monsieur that roses are not gathered except in the midst of thorns and that heroic acts of virtue are accomplished only… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
“You’re not mending anything, remember, Sand? The hedge.” He paused and shook his head at himself. “And Perrotte’s away for a few… — Merrie Haskell Copy Share Image
The United States reaps the thorns its rulers have planted in the world. — Saddam Hussein Copy Share Image
Only an acceptance of both the flowers and the thorns can bring you peace. Peace, after all, is the fruit of total… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Focus on the roses: 'A person who gathers honey will not escape being stung by bees. A person who gathers roses will… — Zelig Pliskin Copy Share Image
The whole life of Christ was a continual Passion; others die martyrs but Christ was born a martyr. He found a Golgotha… — John Donne Copy Share Image
At our age the imagination across the sorry facts lifts us to make roses stand before thorns. Sure love is cruel and… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
You ask me whether I am in good spirits. How could I not be so? As long as Faith gives me strength… — Pier Giorgio Frassati Copy Share Image
“What are the thorns really telling her? It's why she won't let us see them, why she clings to them--or they cling… — Patricia A. McKillip Copy Share Image
Dost thou understand me, sinful soul? He wrestled with justice, that thou mightest have rest; He wept and mourned, that thou mightest… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
The road to freedom is full of thorns and fire, yet happy is he who follows it! — Aminu Kano Copy Share Image
The best rose-bush, after all, is not that which has the fewest thorns, but that which bears the finest roses. — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
The experience I learned was that … if you leave decision to the public, you can be killed… I felt really violated:… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I like roses, ones with sharp thorns. Pretty to look at but hurts to touch, that's like me. — Kangin Copy Share Image
God made the rose out of what was left of woman at the creation. The great difference is, we feel the rose's… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Hope is like a harebell, trembling from its birth,Love is like a rose, the joy of all the earth,Faith is like a… — Christina Rossetti Copy Share Image
By what sort of experience are we led to the conviction that spirit exists? On the whole, by searching, painful experience. The… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
