flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.
- John Ruskin
Silently a flower blooms,
In silence it falls away,
Yet here now,
at this moment,
at this place,
The world of the flower,
the whole of the world is blooming.
This is the talk of the flower,
the truth of the blossom.
The glory of eternal life is fully shining here.
- Zenkei Shibayama
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
- H.L. Mencken
Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.
- Walt Whitman