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

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.  ~Matsuo Basho

A profusion of pink roses bending ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring. ~William Carlos Williams

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? ~ Kahlil Gibran

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

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. ~Walt Whitman

Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. ~John Ruskin

I hope some day to meet God, because I want to thank Him for the flowers. ~Robert Brault

Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul. ~The Koran

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. ~ Oscar Wilde

Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms.  ~Ikkyu Sojun

Cheers to you and may you always hold a flower in your heart!