If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses, what might not the heart of man become in its long journey toward the stars?
- G.K. Chesterton
God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December.
- J. M. Barrie
If thou canst but thither,
There grows the flower of Peace,
The rose that cannot wither,
Thy fortress and thy ease.
- Henry Vaughn
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
- Chinese Proverb