Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.
O! Lover, Enjoyment on the soft body of a lotus is always risky and inconsistent because its route is always surrounded by thorns.
Dost thou understand me, sinful soul? He wrestled with justice, that thou mightest have rest; He wept and mourned, that thou mightest laugh and rejoice; He was betrayed, that thou mightest go free; was apprehended, that thou mightest escape; He was condemned, that thou mightest be justified; and was killed, that thou mightest live; He wore a crown of thorns, that thou mightest wear a crown of glory; and was nailed to the cross, with His arms wide open, to show with what freeness all His merits shall be bestowed on the coming soul; and how heartily He will receive it into His bosom?
I am made Hand of the King which gives me an enormous amount of power, which I use quite ruthlessly - but skilfully - and Dame Diana Rigg joins us [playing political mastermind the Queen of Thorns] and we have a couple of really good sparring moments.
To wear the crown of peace, you must wear the crown of thorns.
Be thankful for the thorns and thistles, which keep you from being in love with this world, and becoming an idolater.
What does it avail you, if of many thorns only one be removed
Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.
The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns.
I have seen one shrike occupy himself for hours in sticking up on thorns, a number of small fishes that the fishermen had thrown on the shore. The fishes dried up and decayed.
Life is full of paradoxes, as roses are of thorns.
Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion. - William Makepeace Thackeray
My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns.
You throw thorns, falling in my silence they become flowers.
every time I've held a rose, It seems I only felt the thorns
That good gardener, who wept thorns plowing his fields - harvests grace with joy.
There are some things, but not too many, toward which the countryman knows he must be properly respectful if he would avoid pain, sickness and injury. Nature is neither punitive nor solicitous, but she has thorns and fangs as wells as bowers and grassy banks.
The road to freedom is full of thorns and fire, yet happy is he who follows it!
The United States reaps the thorns its rulers have planted in the world.
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
