Nhat Hanh
Zen Master, Author
"There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus."
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Lotuses
30 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Graham Hill
Racing Driver
"When I notice a rear wheel overtaking me, I know I'm sitting in a Lotus."
Khalil Gibran
Poet, Writer
"Say not, I have found the path of the soul Say rather, I have met the soul walking upon my path."
Takashi Murakami
Artist
"I'm always very interested in breeding. Raising cacti is breeding. My lotus plant collection is breeding. The insects are breeding."
Khalil Gibran
Poet, Writer
"The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals."
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"Sandalwood, tagara, lotus, jasmine - the fragrance of virtue is unrivalled by such kinds of perfume."
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"YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side,' said the dewdrop to the lake."
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"Only the other day I was inquiring of an entire bed of old-fashioned roses, forced to listen to my ramblings on the meaning of the universe as I sat cross-legged in the lotus position in front of them."
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"It's a mining town in lotus land."
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"Like the lotus which thrives in mud, the potential for realization grows in the rich soil of everyday life"
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"I have met the soul walking upon my path."
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"On the top of the head is a Chakra - Sahasradala or the thousand-petalled lotus. There is a Chakra in the middle of the forehead between the eyebrows and one in the heart-centre. The region between the navel and head constitutes the mental field. From navel downward extending till the terminus of the spinal chord, mūlādhāra, is the seat of the vital."
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"Even amidst fierce flames the golden lotus can be planted."
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