Tag: flower

What Makes Enough?

“”Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.”” Hans Christian Anderson

Rain Not Thunder

“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”  Jalaluddin Rumi

Plum Blossom Fragrance

“Without the bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance to the whole world?”  Matsuo Basho

It Must Be a Gift

“It must be a giftfrom the Pure Land –a thistle’s purple bloom”  Clotilde Junsui Wright

Wisdom of the Prajnaparamita Sutra

“Live with skillful nonchalance and ceaseless concern.”  Prajnaparamita Sutra 

Always Search

“Always search for your innermost nature in those you are with, as rose oil imbibes from roses.” Jalaluddin Rumi 

Where Is God Born?

“God is born in us whenever we begin to live without a why…like the rose which lives without a why. “ Meister Eckhart

Turning to the Light

“The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.” Richard Rohr 

Look Deeply

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

Laughter

The earth laughs in flowers.”  — Ralph Waldo Emerson