Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

FLOWERS

Take time to smell the roses. …….Author Unknown

Bread feeds the body, indeed,
but Flowers feed also the soul. …….The Holy Koran

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

Where Flowers bloom, so does hope. ……Lady Bird Johnson

Each Flower is a soul opening to nature. …….Gerald De Nerval

The flower is the poetry of reproduction.
It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life …….Jean Giraudoux

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made,
and forgot to put a soul into. …….Henry Beecher

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty
out-values all the utilities of the world. ……Ralph Waldo Emerson
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