„I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower – the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.“

— Helen Keller

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„Let me not so much be lost in involvementsas would make me incapable ofrecognizing the fragrance of the flowerbeaming in my own yard.“
— Suman Pokhrel
„i will wade outtill my thighs are steeped in burning flowersI will take the sun in my mouthand leap into the ripe airAlivewith closed eyesto dash against darknessin the sleeping curves of my body“
— E.E. Cummings
„The soul of a true christian, as I then wrote my meditations, appeared like such a little white flower as we see in the spring of the year; low and humble on the ground, opening its bosom to receive the pleasant beams of the sun’s glory; rejoicing, as it were, in a calm rapture; diffusing around a sweet fragrancy; standing peacefully and lovingly, in the midst of other flowers round about; all in like manner opening their bosoms to drink in the light of the sun.“
— Jonathan Edwards
„since some people had told me that I was ugly, I always preferred shade to the sun, darkness to light“
— Charles Bukowski
„Yet, no matter how deeply I go down into myself, my God is dark, and like a webbing made of a hundred roots that drink in silence.“
— Rainer Maria Rilke
„Dear sisters and brothers, we realise the importance of light when we see darkness. We realise the importance of our voice when we are silenced.“
— Malala Yousafzai