Lotuses Quotes

• Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost.

  Steve Jobs

  Business, Years, Two

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.58, Prabhat Prakashan

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• My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel.

  Edward Abbey

  Writing, Ambition, Meditation

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.33, RosettaBooks

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Flower, Water, Doe

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• The lotos bowed above the tide and dreamed.

  Margaret Junkin Preston

  Tides

  Margaret Junkin Preston (1870). “Old Song and New”, p.94

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• God is the Sun and when His rays fall upon your heart, not impeded by the clouds of egoism, the lotus blooms and the petals unfold.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Fall, Heart, Clouds

  FaceBook post by Sri Sathya Sai Baba from Jan 17, 2012

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• Like the lotus which thrives in mud, the potential for realization grows in the rich soil of everyday life

  Dalai Lama

  Everyday, Realization, Mud

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• Drop guilt! - because to be guilty is to live in hell. Not being guilty, you will have the freshness of dewdrops in the early morning sun, you will have the freshness of lotus petals in the lake, you will have the freshness of the stars in the night. Once guilt disappears you will have a totally different kind of life, luminous and radiant. You will have a dance to your feet and your heart will be singing a thousand and one songs.

  Rajneesh

  Song, Morning, Stars

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• You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!

  Sai Baba

  Beauty, Sky, Water

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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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• The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

  Khalil Gibran

  Soul, Prophet, Petals

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• I saw Lotus F1 racing as the best choice for me to progress my career, after considering several other options that were available to me.

  Heikki Kovalainen

  Careers, Choices, Racing

  "Q&A: Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus F1". Interview with Matt Salisbury, www.crash.net. December 14, 2009.

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• It's a mining town in lotus land.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Land, Hollywood, Towns

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (1994). “The Love of the Last Tycoon: The Authorized Text”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm delighted to be coming back to Formula 1 after a two-year break, and I'm grateful to Lotus Renault GP for offering me this opportunity.

  Kimi Raikkonen

  Grateful, Opportunity, Gps

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• Say not, I have found the path of the soul Say rather, I have met the soul walking upon my path.

  Khalil Gibran

  Spiritual, Soul, Path

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• I have met the soul walking upon my path.

  Khalil

  Soul, Path, Mets

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• Do not go to the garden of flowers!
  O friend! go not there;
  In your body is the garden of flowers.
  Take your seat on the thousand petals of the
  lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.

  Kabir

  Flower, Garden, Infinite Beauty

  Kabir (2015). “Songs of Kabir”, p.3, Kabir

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• Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' Say not, ' I have found the path of the soul.' Say rather, 'I have met the soul walking upon my path.' For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

  Khalil Gibran

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Journey

  Khalil Gibran, “Self-Knowledge XVII”

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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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• I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed.

  Martin Yan

  Time, Long, Fish Tanks

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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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• I got things like the lotus position long before anybody else did, or at least in the mainstream. But I had fun. I guess my legs are pretty flexible, so I used to get a kick out of doing things like that. I would get into a full lotus with my legs and then roll around.

  John Astin

  Fun, Long, Legs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.

  Christy Turlington

  Meditation, Way, Moments

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• I was in yoga the other day. I was in full lotus position. My chakras were all aligned. My mind is cleared of all clatter and I'm looking out of my third eye and everything that I'm supposed to be doing. It's amazing what comes up, when you sit in that silence. "Mama keeps whites bright like the sunlight, Mama's got the magic of Clorox 2."

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Success, Yoga, Eye

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