Quotes on Thistles

Be thankful for the thorns and thistles, which keep you from being in love with this world, and becoming an idolater.

Your minds may now be likened to a garden, which will, if neglected, yield only weeds and thistles; but, if cultivated, will produce the most beautiful flowers, and the most delicious fruits.

Even though one is well advanced in virtue, should he stop mortifying himself, he soon would lose his modesty and virtue - just as fertile soul quickly becomes dry and arid and produces nothing but thorns and thistles if it is not cultivated.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.