Sandalwood Quotes

• The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiring, Wise, Heaven

  63 Copy quote

• Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.

  John Masefield

  Sweet, Home, Wine

  'Cargoes' (1903)

  55 Copy quote

  Show source

• As you smell the fragrance of a flower by handing it or the smell of sandalwood by rubbing it against a stone, so you obtain spiritual awakening by constantly thinking of God.

  Sarada Devi

  Spiritual, Flower, Thinking

  98 Copy quote

• Sandalwood, tagara, lotus, jasmine - the fragrance of virtue is unrivalled by such kinds of perfume.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Lotuses, Jasmine

  16 Copy quote

• The true Christian is like sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it, without doing any harm in return.

  Sadhu Sundar Singh

  Christian, Cutting, Return

  128 Copy quote

• Her perfume or soap or whatever it was reminded him of sandalwood and something else. Oh, right...orgasms.

  J.R. Ward

  Soap, Perfume

  J.R. Ward (2011). “Lover Unleashed: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.159, Penguin

  10 Copy quote

  Show source

• The forest fire burns even tree like sandalwood.

  Chanakya

  Fire, Tree, Political

  23 Copy quote

• There is a legend of an artist who long sought for a piece of sandalwood, out of which to carve a Madonna. He was about to give up in despair, leaving the vision of his life unrealized, when in a dream he was bidden to carve his Madonna from a block of oak wood which was destined for the fire. He obeyed and produced a masterpiece from a log of common firewood. Many of us lose great opportunities in life by waiting to find sandalwood for our carvings, when they really lie hidden in the common logs that we burn.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Dream, Giving Up, Block

  Orison Swett Marden (2015). “ORISON SWETT MARDEN Premium Collection - Wisdom & Empowerment Series (18 Books in One Volume): Steps to Success and Power, How to Get What You Want, An Iron Will, Be Good to Yourself, Every Man A King, Keeping Fit, Prosperity – How to Attract It, Stepping-Stones To Fame And Fortune...”, p.277, e-artnow

  15 Copy quote

  Show source

• The fire of the forest burns trees to ashes. Even expensive sandalwood tree which is endowed with qualities of cooling and fragrance, cannot escape from burning. In the same way wicked cause harm to their benefactors also.

  Chanakya

  Fire, Tree, Political

  14 Copy quote

• If your dad is anything like mine, then you have no clue what to buy him for Father's Day. The only Father's Day tradition in my family is the annual conversation he and I have where I say, 'Hey, Dad, what do you want for Father's Day this year?' and he says, 'Nothing.' Then I ask my mom what I should get him and she says, 'He likes sandalwood soap, dangly jewelry and Chanel No. 5 perfume.'

  Michael Showalter

  Mom, Fathers Day, Dad

  11 Copy quote

• The scent organ was playing a delightfully refreshing Herbal Capriccio - rippling arpeggios of thyme and lavender, of rosemary, basil, myrtle, tarragon; a series of daring modulations through the spice keys into ambergris; and a slow return through sandalwood, camphor, cedar and newmown hay (with occasional subtle touches of discord - a whiff of kidney pudding, the faintest suspicion of pig's dung) back to the simple aromatics with which the piece began. The final blast of thyme died away; there was a round of applause; the lights went up.

  Aldous Huxley

  Simple, Keys, Light

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

  24 Copy quote

  Show source

• If this was a sandalwood pyre she would have thrown herself in and this paper she'd become would have caught fire and she and him could sail away like two birds.

  Janet Fitch

  Fire, Two, Bird

  6 Copy quote

• Deciding to chant the mantra a certain number of times daily will help foster the japa habit. We should always keep a rosary with us for doing japa. A rosary can be made of 108, 54, 27 or 18 beads of rudraksha, tulsi, crystal, sandalwood, gems, etc, with one 'guru bead'. We should resolve to chant a certain number of rosaries (rounds) daily.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Numbers, Meditation, Rosary

  9 Copy quote

• Oils of cinnamon and eucalyptus are as powerful against some microorganisms as conventional antibiotics, and are especially effective against flus. Sandalwood oil from Mysore, India, is not only a classic perfume oil but is also a traditional remedy for sore throats and laryngitis. Lavender oil, so often used in toilet waters and scented sachets, has a dramatic healing action on burns.

  Robert Tisserand

  Powerful, Healing, Oil

  82 Copy quote

• When she looked at herself in her wedding photographs, Ammu felt the woman that looked back at her was someone else. A foolish jewelled bride. Her silk sunset-coloured sari shot with gold. Rings on every finger. White dots of sandalwood paste over her arched eye-brows. Looking at herself like this, Ammu's soft mouth would twist into a small, bitter smile at the memory - not of the wedding itself so much as the fact that she had permitted herself to be so painstakingly decorated before being led to the gallows. It seemed so absurd. So futile. Like polishing firewood.

  Arundhati Roy

  Memories, Sunset, Eye

  Arundhati Roy (2002). “The God of Small Things”, p.43, Penguin Books India

  244 Copy quote

  Show source

• The Hindus are busy letting themselves be seen riding in Cadillacs instead of smearing themselves with sandalwood paste and bowing in front of Ganpati. The Moslems would rather miss evening prayer than the new Disney movie. The Buddhists think it's more important to take over in the name of Stalin and Progress than to meditate on the four basic sorrows. And we don't even have to mention Christianity or Judaism.

  Paul Bowles

  Buddhist, Prayer, Thinking

  Paul Bowles (2002). “The Sheltering Sky: Let it Come Down ; The Spider's House”

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• Then there’s Isabel Leonard, as the male character, Sesto. Her voice has the rich, fragrant depth of sandalwood and she looks so sublimely boyish yet fulsomely feminine that she combines the best of both genders. I adored her.

  Richard Ouzounian

  Character, Voice, Males

  4 Copy quote