Flowering Quotes

• And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father.

  Black Elk

  Mother, Children, Father

  Black Elk (2000). “Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux”, Bison Books

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• Listen...you can hear the colors flowering in the quiet of your soul

  Laurel Burch

  Color, Soul, Quiet

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• Everything is soul and flowering.

  Rumi

  Soul

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• Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well.

  Bill Vaughan

  Patience, Strong, Looks

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• Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beauty, Flower, Sunshine

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.535, Library of America

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• The flowering of love is meditation.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Love, Life, Truth

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• It does not matter if you are a rose or a lotus or a marigold. What matters is that you are flowering.

  Rajneesh

  Love, What Matters, Rose

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• There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

  Henri Matisse

  Positive, Beautiful, Art

  Henri Matisse (1992). “Jazz”, George Braziller

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• One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.

  Joseph Campbell

  Life, Humanity, Way

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.182, Anchor

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• To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.

  Beverley Nichols

  Flower, Garden, Overcoming

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• Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.

  Jeremy Bentham

  Stars, Flower, Men

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• Where flowers bloom so does hope.

  Lady Bird Johnson

  Hope, Spring, Flower

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• The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

  Jean Giraudoux

  Nature, Flower, Garden

  Jean Giraudoux (1964). “Collected Plays of Jean Giradoux”

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• Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.

  Gerard De Nerval

  Nature, Flower, Tree

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• Love is the flower you've got to let grow.

  John Lennon

  Love, Life, Relationship

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• Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of their character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning.

  Lydia M. Child

  Love, Flower, Angel

  "Letters from New York". Book by Lydia Maria Child, Letter No. 26, 1843.

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• Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.

  Thomas Tusser

  Sweet, Spring, Flower

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• Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Nature, Flower, Garden

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.127

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  You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.

  Pablo Neruda

  Inspiring, Hope, Spring

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• Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.

  Luther Burbank

  Nature, Flower, Sunshine

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• When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Heart, Garden, Zucchini

  "Gwyneth Paltrow has been at the forefront of pop culture for 20 years - I will miss her at Goop" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. August 02, 2016.

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• Attend me, hold me in your muscular flowering arms, protect me from throwing any part of myself away.

  Audre Lorde

  Arms, Throwing, Hold Me

  Audre Lorde (2017). “A Burst of Light: And Other Essays”, p.108, Courier Dover Publications

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• Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

  Albert Camus

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Nature

  Albert Camus (2012). “Caligula and Three Other Plays”, p.104, Vintage

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• The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

  Matsuo Basho

  Flower, Sound, Bells

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• A beautiful bouquet or a long-lasting flowering plant is a traditional gift for women, but I have recommended that both men and women keep fresh flowers in the home for their beauty, fragrance, and the lift they give our spirits.

  Andrew Weil

  Beautiful, Flower, Home

  "Healthy Gift Ideas" by Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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