Posts tagged ‘rose’
When Is Time Really Wasted?
It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Roses and Thorns
The gardener uses both roses in the flowerbed and thorns in making fences.
– Hazrat Inayat Khan, Gayan
How to Find Contentment
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
– Lao Tzu
Healing Light
How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of Light against its being; otherwise we all remain too frightened.
Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky, Love Poems from God
The Making of the Wise Heart
It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.
– Sara Teasdale
Wisdom from Oprah
Turn your wounds into wisdom.
– Oprah Winfrey