“It is a rose planted in your heart, and as it's thorns tear you, so does it thrive and flower”

“Briers do not become flowers when there is no danger present. While the forest has flowering plants, it also has trees and thorned plants. Each is suited to exist as it does and does not wish to become something it is not.”

“Roses and thorns are parts of the same plant. Somehow though, some people are concerned mainly about the roses. The rose is not on the plant for more than a week, but the thorns are there forever.Roses are teaching that the beauty of life will bloom, once you have taught yourself the lessons given by living with the thorns.”

“Knowledge is a Bed of Roses; for Every Beautiful Flower, there are a Dozen Thorns to Match”

“Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself.”

“The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.”