“There are so many tender and holy emotions flying about in our inward world, which, like angels, can never assume the body of an outward act; so many rich and lovely flowers spring up which bear no seed, that it is a happiness poetry was invented, which receives into its limbs all these incorporeal spirits, and the perfume of all these flowers.” WorldBodySpiritEmotionRichFlowerBearsHolySpringAngelAssumingSeedsLovelyFlyingInwardPerfumeLimbsNever Assume Author:Jean Paul
“There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof.” SoulFallHeavenFlowerBrutalCrushedFoul Author:Jean Paul
“For the Infinite has sowed his name in the heavens in burning stars, but on the earth He has sowed his name in tender flowers.” EarthNamesHeavenStarsFlowerBurning Author:Jean Paul
“Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.” StrongSweetFlowerApproachStormTheeFragrance Author:Jean Paul
“People will not bear it when advice is violently given, even if it is well founded. Hearts are flowers; they remain open to the softly falling dew, but shut up in the violent downpour of rain.” PeopleIfsWellsHeartFallGivenAdviceFlowerBearsSelf ImprovementRainImprovementViolentShut UpDew Author:Jean Paul
