Eight flowers which delight Vishnu:

ahimsA prathamam pushpam
  pushpam indriya-nigraha:
sarva-bhUta-dayA pushpam
  kshamA pushpam viSeshata: |
jnAnam pushpam tapa: pushpam
  dhyAnam pushpam tathaiva cha
satyam ashtavidham pushpam
  vishno: prItikaram bhavet ||

This sloka refers metaphorically to eight flowers which
delight Vishnu:

   1. ahimsa - non-violence (love) first and foremost (prathamam)
   2. indriya-nigraha: - control of the senses
   3. sarva-bhUta-dayA - showing compassion to all living beings
   4. kshamA - tolerance/patience
   5. jnAnam - knowledge
   6. tapas - austerity
   7. dhyAnam - contemplative meditation
   8. satyam - truth