Top 149 Lotus Quotes & Sayings

I woke up nights, worrying that Lotus was out of control - that no one would know what to do.

I'm a huge fan of Flying Lotus. I like The XX's stuff.

There is a beautiful expression of this in the Chandogya Upanishad: 'There is this City of Brahman, (that is the body), and in this city there is a shrine, and in that shrine there is a small lotus, and in that lotus there is a small space, (akasa). Now what exists within that small space, that is to be sought, that is to be understood.' This is the great discovery of the Upanishads, this inner shrine, this guha, or cave of the heart, where the inner meaning of life, of all human existence, is to be found.

When I notice a rear wheel overtaking me, I know I'm sitting in a Lotus.

The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

If you come to Plum Village in the summertime, you see many lotus flowers. Without the mud the lotus flowers cannot grow. You cannot separate lotus flowers from the mud. It is the same with understanding and love. These are two kinds of flowers that grow on the ground of suffering

That will be on my tombstone: He lived five minutes away from Flying Lotus.

Love is born in sexuality but sexuality is not love. The lotus is born in the mud, but the lotus is not just mud. And if mud remains mud of course there are bound to be tears on the cheeks.

Number theorists are like lotus-eaters -- having once tasted of this food they can never give it up.

I routinely failed to understand that 'simple and straightforward' would have been a much better product strategy for Lotus.

Cut out the love of self, like an autumn lotus with thy hand!

I got things like the lotus position long before anybody else did, or at least in the mainstream. But I had fun. I guess my legs are pretty flexible, so I used to get a kick out of doing things like that. I would get into a full lotus with my legs and then roll around.

Droplets of water would roll around the surface of a lotus leaf and not leave any trace.

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.

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.

The #lotus comes from the #murkiest #water.. but #grows into the #purest thing.

The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water, So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.

Like the lotus which thrives in mud, the potential for realization grows in the rich soil of everyday life

I will allow only my Lord to possess my sacred lotus pond, and every night you can make blossom in me flowers of fire.

To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus flower, be a beautiful lotus flower, don't try to be a magnolia flower. If you crave acceptance and recognition and try to change yourself to fit what other people want you to be, you will suffer all your life. True happiness and true power lie in understanding yourself, accepting yourself, having confidence in yourself.

When I heard Flying Lotus, I was like, 'Wow, okay, everything can be off the grid.'

I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed.

Waterlilies always come in Buddhist sculpture. The Buddhas all stand on lotus pedestals, because the lotus is grown from the mud. The mud represents the stained world, a dirty world, but growing from the dirt is such a beautiful, pure thing. This is the way the spirit should be.

The ultimate source of energy, the sun is ready to set. The leaves of the blooming lotus flower in the pond are losing their lustre. A bumblebee, sitting on that lotus is enjoying the romantic pleasure and murmuring passionate songs.

In Egypt, I loved the perfume of the lotus. A flower would bloom in the pool at dawn, filling the entire garden with a blue musk so powerful it seemed that even the fish and ducks would swoon. By night, the flower might wither but the perfume lasted. Fainter and fainter, but never quite gone. Even many days later, the lotus remained in the garden. Months would pass and a bee would alight near the spot where the lotus had blossomed, and its essence was released again, momentary but undeniable.

Just think, Vishnu sleeps in the cosmic ocean, and the lotus of the universe grows from his navel. On the lotus sits Brahma, the creator. Brahma opens his eyes, and a world comes into being, governed by an Indra. Brahma closes his eyes, and a world goes out of being. The life of a Brahma is 432,000 years. When he dies, the lotus goes back, and another lotus is formed, and another Brahma. Then think of the galaxies beyond galaxies in infinite space, each a lotus, with a Brahma sitting on it, opening his eyes, closing his eyes.

Lotus's efforts around the Mac were pathetically unsuccessful, which is sad.

The lotus comes from the murkiest water but grows into the purest thing.

Be like a lotus. Let the beauty of your heart speak.

There's a kind of training, when you are sitting in a session in the Japanese tradition or any of the Buddhist traditions, taking your lotus posture or whatever it is. That's what you're doing.

Paris can be like the land of the Lotus-Eaters. You can't leave.

Even amidst fierce flames the golden lotus can be planted.

It was an easy choice to return with Lotus Renault GP as I have been impressed by the scope of the team's ambition.

May we live like the lotus, at home in muddy water.

It does not matter if you are a rose or a lotus or a marigold. What matters is that you are flowering.

My mother always said I must be part Mongolian because of my lotus-pale complexion and squid-ink black hair.

Sandalwood, tagara, lotus, jasmine - the fragrance of virtue is unrivalled by such kinds of perfume.

Writing is a very focused form of meditation. Just as good as sitting in a lotus position.

I did a short film with Donald Glover for one of his Childish Gambino projects, and Flying Lotus was an actor in it.

Every green herb, from the lotus to the darnel, is rich with delicate aids to help incurious man.

You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!

I'm delighted to be coming back to Formula 1 after a two-year break, and I'm grateful to Lotus Renault GP for offering me this opportunity.

Their love as a dragonfly, skimming over echo park, stoppin to visit the lotus. Eating dreams and drinking blue sky.

You can remain in the world for any number of years, but don't let the world take hold. Don't let the world take hold of the inside world. There is the example of the lotus. It stays deep down in the mud. It comes up to the light, and it can't stay without water because it would die. But it does not get mixed up either with the mud or the water. You have seen the lotus; even if the water comes it just goes off again. Now, when they talk of God, they always say 'the lotus eyes, the lotus feet' because of this inner significance.

It's like growing lotus flowers. You cannot grow lotus flowers on marble. You have to grow them on the mud. Without mud you cannot have lotus flowers. Without suffering, you have no way to learn how to be understanding and compassionate.

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.

Worship of The Lotus Feet of The Spiritual Master: There is no work as auspicious as serving the spiritual master. Of all worship, the worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the greatest but the worship of the lotus feet of the spiritual master is even greater than the worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Unless this is firmly realized we cannot understand what saintly association means, we cannot understand what the shelter of a spiritual master means, we cannot understand that we are dependent and he is our maintainer.

All of the Flying Lotus records are exploring similar themes: These questions in my mind about what's next and what's beyond.

Life is like a rain drop on a lotus leaf. Everybody realises that you're either very lucky person or you're not.

It's a mining town in lotus land.

May the honey-sweet flute music that flows from Lord Mukunda's lotus mouth fill me with bliss.

The lotus grows in muddy waters but this flower does not show any trace of it: So we have to live in the world.

It didn't make a lot of sense for us to be doing Lotus Notes implementations.

Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna's Lotus sounding rough?

The seated lotus postures are an amazing way to go into meditation, or simply just to take a moment to ground oneself.

Love is the lotus, lust is the mud the lotus arises out of.

Remember Mother Earth knows who these people are that are going to become the one heart. Really the better way to say it is one lotus. This place in the heart has always been referred to as the lotus. And when you find your way there, Mother Earth will completely take care of you and protect you and provide everything for you. Even though everything outside seems to be insane, it will be miraculous.

The lotus flower is troubled At the sun's resplendent light; With sunken head and sadly She dreamily waits for the night.

Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals.

In the Lotus Sutra, Buddha says to light up one corner - not the whole world. Just make it clear where you are.