Lotus Flower Quotes

• As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Flower, Water

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• Like the lotus flower that is born out of mud, we must honor the darkest parts of ourselves and the most painful of our life’s experiences, because they are what allow us to birth our most beautiful self.

  Debbie Ford

  Beautiful, Flower, Self

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• Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.

  Gautama Buddha

  Flower, Water, Doe

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• If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.

  Masaru Emoto

  Inspirational, Beautiful, Being Strong

  Masaru Emoto (2005). “The Secret Life of Water”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.

  Nhat Hanh

  Beautiful, Being Yourself, Lying

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• By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.

  Yukio Mishima

  Art, Truth, Flower

  Yukio Mishima (1966). “Death in Midsummer, and Other Stories”, p.61, New Directions Publishing

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• It's like growing lotus flowers. You cannot grow lotus flowers on marble. You have to grow them on the mud. Without mud you cannot have lotus flowers. Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.

  Nhat Hanh

  Attitude, Flower, Understanding

  "Being Peace in a World of Trauma". "On Being" with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. January 4, 2007.

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• Whenever you should doubt your self-worth, remember the lotus flower. Even though it plunges to life from beneath the mud, it does not allow the dirt that surrounds it to affect its growth or beauty.

  Suzy Kassem

  Flower, Self Worth, Doubt

  "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.

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• Great people will always be mocked by those who feel smaller than them. However, a lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena. A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey. A nightingale does not stop singing its beautiful song at the intrusion of an annoying woodpecker. Whenever you should question your self-worth, remember the lotus flower. Even though it plunges to life from beneath the mud, it does not allow the dirt that surrounds it to affect its growth or beauty.

  Suzy Kassem

  Beautiful, Song, Laughter

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• The lotus flower is troubled
  At the sun's resplendent light;
  With sunken head and sadly
  She dreamily waits for the night.

  Heinrich Heine

  Flower, Night, Light

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• You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

  Bindi Irwin

  Self Esteem, Love Yourself, Your Beautiful

  Instagram post by Bindi Irwin @bindisueirwin, www.instagram.com. June 2, 2015.

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• To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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• One thing is certain: you can never become anything other than yourself, and unless you become yourself you cannot be happy. Happiness happens only when a rosebush grows roseflowers; when it flowers, when it has its own individuality. You may be a rosebush and trying to flower as lotus flower - that is creating insanity. Erase the mind. And the way to erase it is not by fight: the way to erase it is just to become aware.

  Rajneesh

  Flower, Fighting, Creating

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• If you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from tree to tree, Never finding the fruit - From life to life, Never finding peace. If you are filled with desire Your sorrows swell Like the grass after the rain. But if you subdue desire Your sorrows shall fall from you Like drops of water from a lotus flower.

  Gautama Buddha

  Rain, Flower, Fall

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• A flower can't grow without rain. (Alexion) Too much rain and it drowns. (Danger) And yet the most beautiful of the lotus flowers are the ones that grow in the deepest mud. (Alexion)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Beautiful, Rain, Flower

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• The ultimate source of energy, the sun is ready to set. The leaves of the blooming lotus flower in the pond are losing their lustre. A bumblebee, sitting on that lotus is enjoying the romantic pleasure and murmuring passionate songs.

  Manmohan Acharya

  Song, Flower, Energy

  "Gita Milindam (Song of the Bumblebee)". Book by Manmohan Acharya, July 12, 2010.

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• Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Inspirational, Life, Heart

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.39, Shambhala Publications

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• YOUR HEART IS FULL of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout. Just as a lotus flower springs from the mire to bloom splendidly, the interaction of the cosmic breath causes the flower of the spirit to bloom and bear fruit in this world.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Spring, Flower, Heart

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.40, Shambhala Publications

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• Because people learn from their mistakes, Danger. Pain and failure are a natural part of life. It's kind of like a parent who watches their child fall down while learning to walk. Instead of coddling the child, you set them back on their feet and let them try again. They have to stumble before they can run. (Alexion) Do you really believe that we need to have our hearts ripped out? (Danger) A flower can't grow without rain. (Alexion) Too much rain and it drowns. (Danger) And yet the most beautiful of the lotus flowers are the ones that grow in the deepest mud. (Alexion)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Beautiful, Running, Pain

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• If you come to Plum Village in the summertime, you see many lotus flowers. Without the mud the lotus flowers cannot grow. You cannot separate lotus flowers from the mud. It is the same with understanding and love. These are two kinds of flowers that grow on the ground of suffering

  Nhat Hanh

  Flower, Two, Summertime

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• Deep within the self is the Light of God. It radiates throughout
  the expanse of His creation. Through the Guru's teachings, the
  darkness of spiritual ignorance is dispelled. The heart lotus flower
  blooms forth and eternal peace is obtained, as one's light merges
  into the Supreme Light.

  Guru Amar Das

  Spiritual, Teaching, Flower

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• There are still some terrible cliches in the presentation of Indian fiction. The lotus flower. The hennaed hands. In mainland Europe, people still slap these images on my books and I go bananas.

  Hari Kunzru

  Flower, Book, Hands

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