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Quotes About Lotus

The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water, So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.
~ Thiruvalluvar
Like the lotus which thrives in mud, the potential for realization grows in the rich soil of everyday life
~ Dalai Lama
Siege This I do, being mad: Gather baubles about me, Sit in a circle of toys, and all the time Death beating the door in. White jade and an orange pitcher, Hindu idol, Chinese god,— Maybe next year, when I'm richer— Carved beads and a lotus pod... And all this time Death beating the door in.
~ Edna St. Vincent Millay
My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel
~ Edward Abbey
I should much wish, like the Indian Vishna, to float along an infinite ocean cradled in the flower of the Lotus, and wake once in a million years for a few minutes – just to know that I was going to sleep a million years more.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Life is like a rain drop on a lotus leaf. Everybody realises that you're either very lucky person or you're not.
~ George Harrison
I TAKE MY REFUGE IN THY NAME AND THEE! I TAKE MY REFUGE IN THY LAW OF GOOD! I TAKE MY REFUGE IN THY ORDER! OM! THE DEW IS ON THE LOTUS! - RISE, GREAT SUN! AND LIFT MY LEAF AND MIX ME WITH THE WAVE OM MANI PADME HUM, THE SUNRISE COMES! THE DEWPROP SLIPS INTO THE SHINING SEA!
~ Edwin Arnold
The Self is hidden in the lotus of the heart. Those who see themselves in all creatures go day by day into the world of Brahman hidden in the heart.
~ Eknath Easwaran
guess he wasnt a lotus eater-the frowned people of today-the land which time forgot to change-was the guru of alexandar the great-pity the lotus eaters(qoute the time machine)-my tribute to all the fallen ones-the lotus eaters-rest in peace in grave-pity you didnt have machiavellian persons like him to teach-the dear departed ones-let them at least know peace in their grave.
~ Aristotle
I saw Lotus F1 racing as the best choice for me to progress my career, after considering several other options that were available to me.
~ Heikki Kovalainen
I'm always very interested in breeding. Raising cacti is breeding. My lotus plant collection is breeding. The insects are breeding.
~ Takashi Murakami
You like being vague, don't you? (Amanda) It was a choice of being a Dark-Hunter or a prophet. Personally I like the slash-and-kill stuff much more than prayers and the lotus position. (Acheron)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
The culmination of all of that was the decision to start a company, which became Lotus, to do a product, which became 1-2-3. By the time I reached that point it had been four years, and it felt like a lifetime, but really it was kind of evolutionary.
~ Mitch Kapor
Tara is the spiritual daughter of Avalokitesvara. She is usually either white or green in colour, and according to another beautiful legend she was born from the tears of Avalokitesvara as he wept over the sorrows of existence. In the midst of a great pool of his tears there appeared a white lotus. The lotus opened, and there was Tara , the very essence, indeed the quintessence, of compassion.
~ Sangharakshita
but a kind of yearning has hold of me—to die and to look upon the dewy lotus banks of Acheron
~ Sappho
I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed.
~ Martin Yan
Blue is the water and clear the moon. He is out on the South Lake, Gathering white lilies. The lotus flowers seem to whisper love, And fill the boatman's heart with sadness.
~ bai li ii
God is the Sun and when His rays fall upon your heart, not impeded by the clouds of egoism, the lotus blooms and the petals unfold.
~ Sathya Sai Baba
She, the first-born daughter of water, faced darkness and smiled. Took mystery as her lover and raised light as her child. Man that shit was wild. You should have seen how they ran. She woke up in an alley with a gun in her hand. Tupac in lotus form, Ennis' blood on his hands.
~ Saul Williams
Their love as a dragonfly, skimming over echo park, stoppin to visit the lotus. Eating dreams and drinking blue sky.
~ Janet Fitch
Here he uses the image of a sun (the masters) shining down from the Vast space of love and wisdom (their activities of body, speech and mind), to mature the minds of trainees (lotus flowers).
~ Glenn H. Mullin
I woke up nights, worrying that Lotus was out of control - that no one would know what to do.
~ Mitch Kapor
You took my Lotus!" Sissy choked on her champagne, and Ronnie started looking for the exits or law enforcement with arrest warrants. Lord, what is the statute of limitations again?
~ Shelly Laurenston
It was an easy choice to return with Lotus Renault GP as I have been impressed by the scope of the team's ambition.
~ Kimi Raikkonen