Flowers that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their coloring as gorgeous as the heavens, had through thousands of years been the heritage of children - honored as the jewelry of God....
Thomas De Quincey
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Standardization is the fertilizer of college education. A little may be useful, but flowers do not grow in pure manure.
Martin H. Fischer
Spring comes with flowers, autumn with the moon, summer with the breeze, winter with snow. When idle concerns don't fill your thoughts, that's your best season.
Wu-Men
Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires
Marcelene Cox
Words and thoughts concerning compassionate action that are not put into practice are like beautiful flowers that are colorful but have no fragrance.
Thich Nhat Hanh
April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
He who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth is generally considered a fortunate person, but his good fortune is small compared to that of the happy mortal who enters this world with a passion for flowers in his soul.
Celia Thaxter
May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers.
Thich Nhat Hanh