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186 Lilies quotes by 138 unique authors

So behave that the odor of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere, that when we behold or scent a flower, we… — Henry David Thoreau
Chastity is the lily of virtues, and makes men almost equal to Angels. Everything is beautiful in accordance with its purity. Now the purity of… — Saint Francis de Sales
l am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground. So it is, and so it will be, for so… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Children feel the whiteness of the lily with a graphic and passionate clearness which we cannot give them at all. The only thing we can… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
To be one of God's lilies means an interior abandonment of the rarest kind. It means that we are to be infinitely passive, and yet… — Hannah Whitall Smith
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. — William Shakespeare
I have sat here happy in the gardens, Watching the still pool and the reeds And the dark clouds. . . . But though I… — Richard Aldington
Love is never abstract. It does not adhere to the universe or the planet or the nation or the institution or the profession, but to… — Wendell Berry
The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence. — Nathaniel Parker Willis
If one yearns to see the face of the Divine, one must break out of the aquarium, escape the fish farm, to go swim up… — Tom Robbins
We are all fairies living underneath a leaf of a lily pad. — Tori Amos
So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the… — Ramakrishna
The rose does best as a rose. Lilies make the best lilies. And look! You - the best you around! — Rumi
Put your mouthful of words away and come with me to watch the lilies open in such a field, growing there like yachts, slowly steering… — Anne Sexton
Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw… — William Shakespeare
The people who influence us are those who have stood unconsciously for the right thing. They are like the stars and the lilies, and the… — Oswald Chambers
The miraculous is not extraordinary but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread. Whoever really has considered the lilies of the field… — Wendell Berry
Cover me with soft earth, and let each handful be mixed With seeds ofjasmine, lilies, and myrtle; and when they Grow above me and thrive… — Khalil Gibran
Love, which, in concert with Abstinence, established Faith, and which, along with Patience, builds up Chastity, is like the columns that sustain the four corners… — Gian Carlo Menotti
If a man has only correct doctrine to offer me, I am sure to slip out at the first intermission to seek the company of… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
'O Tiger-lily,' said Alice... 'I wish you could talk!' 'We can talk,' said the Tiger-lily: 'when there's anybody worth talking to." — Lewis Carroll
Until it seems the whole city will be covered with gold pollen shaken from the bell-towers, lilies plundered with the weight of massive bees .… — Hilda Doolittle
...and the cries of the birds and the uproar of the monkeys became more and more remote, and the world became eternally sad. The men… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lily white’s petals are at my feet anticipating the moment in which adventure and odyssey meet. — Delano Johnson
I love Beyonce. She's so fierce. I also love Lily Allen, and she was an influence on my music. — Bridgit Mendler

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