Tag: flower

Look Deeply

When we look deeply at a flower, we can see the whole cosmos contained in it.

Laughter

The earth laughs in flowers.”  — Ralph Waldo Emerson

What Makes Flowers Beautiful

“Flowers don’t worry about how they’re going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light, and that makes them beautiful.”  — Jim Carrey

Rewriting Genesis

“Every April, God rewrites the book of Genesis.”  — Unknown

Brevity

We are so brief. A one-day dandelion. A seedpod skittering across the ice. We are a feather falling from the wing of a bird. I don’t know why it is given to us to be so mortal and to feel so much. It is… Continue Reading “Brevity”

Planting

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Flower of Gratitude

Gratitude is a flower that blooms in noble souls.

Finding Art

Art is not simply works of art; it is the spirit that knows beauty, that has music in its soul and the color of sunsets in its handkerchief, that can dance on a flaming world and make the world dance too.

The Law of Nature

Nothing is too wonderful to be true if it be consistent with the laws of nature.

Key to Joy

The key to knowing joy is being easily pleased.