“On the scheme of this barbarous philosophy,” Burke wrote in the Reflections, “which is the offspring of cold hearts and muddy understandings,… — Yuval Levin Copy Share Image
I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the… — Everett Ruess Copy Share Image
Choosing beauty over content (or choosing beauty as content) is always an act of sedition. If we accept the cant of official… — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
There are truths, that are beyond us, transcendent truths, about beauty, truth, honor, etc. There are truths that man knows exist, but… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The woman who first gives life, light, and form to our shadowy conceptions of beauty, fills a void in our spiritual nature… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
A part of me looks at life from a dismal perspective, not unlike Woody Allen and Larry David. But I don't want… — Corbin Bernsen Copy Share Image
“Most days I live awed by the world we have still, rather than mourning the worlds we have lost. The bandit mask… — Paul Bogard Copy Share Image
“To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer… — William Cullen Bryant Copy Share Image
“You must know,’ said Estella, condescending to me as a beautiful and brilliant woman might, ‘that I have no heart—if that has… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a… — George Will Copy Share Image
I have been photographing our toilet, that glossy enameled receptacle of extraordinary beauty. Here was every sensuous curve of the human figure… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
To be a musician is a great privilege but it is also a very great responsibility. One must think that to be… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
“I'm just saying, when a woman in a maiden, she's in the spotlight. Everybody cares what a pretty, young girl does and… — Rufi Thorpe Copy Share Image
I believe in love. And beauty. I believe that every single person has something they find beautiful and that they truly love.… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
I felt beautiful when I was in Cambodia for Tomb Raider. I was sweaty, and my hair was matted and all over… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
I am in love with this world . . . I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, sailed its waters, crossed… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I remember growing up and hearing the word "ugly" a lot. "I'm ugly." "She ugly." "He ugly." I hated it then, and… — Jamel Shabazz Copy Share Image
It is only to the finest natures that age gives an added beauty and distinction; for the most persistent self has then… — Karl Blind Copy Share Image
“Years ago, when she'd studied the constructions of stem, blade, stamen, ovule, she loved the infinite possibilities of the plant kingdom- but… — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“Do you know what it means to be that beautiful & still hunted & still alive? Who knows this story but the… — Danez Smith Copy Share Image
“Houses, housetops, like human beings have wonderful character. The lives of housetops. The wear of the seasons. The country is beautiful, young,… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
there was a time before you but I can't remember it now a time before your beauty and I were formally introduced… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I think there can always be beauty in struggle. I mean, as far as childbirth, I had my son in the hospital,… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
“Your eyes, Their glamorous radiance, Their eternal, heavenly warmth, Their delicate and intricate beauty, The desire to see that twinkle, That gorgeous… — L.S Copy Share Image
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“A JEWELRY STORE NAMED INDIA If you hold this Dazzling emerald Up to the sky, It will shine a billion Beautiful miracles… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Just then, down through the last glimmer of twilight, stepping high and free, like a cloud, a moth, a ghost in the… — Elyne Mitchell Copy Share Image
“He could not deny that the beauty, the youth, the gracefulness, of the countess had made some impression on him: but his… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I somehow always have this idea that as soon as I can get through this work that's piled up ahead of me,… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
“People remembered. They wept and they grieved. In the spaces between, they were glad that the leeks were doing well this year,… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“And even though it may offend you, I feel bound to say that the majority also of English people are uncouth and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I need to capture my sprite with trembling hands. Except I could crush her. Wonder how many small things of beauty -… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Reverence for the natural environment, and experiencing the interconnectedness between all things has long guided me to create watercolor paintings of beauty… — Francene Hart Copy Share Image
“Thank you for being you… for sharing your love with me… for inspiring me to accept myself… for helping me see the… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years. In their country, the cherry blossom represents… — Homaro Cantu Copy Share Image
When the Artist rises high enough to achieve the Beautiful, the symbol by which he makes it perceptible to mortal senses becomes… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I think the beauty of Catholicism is its consistency through both successes and difficulties. I've counted on my faith to give me… — Katie Ledecky Copy Share Image
“The lesson here is that in an era in which logical reason is doubted and even dismissed, and the heart's desire is… — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
Aesthetics does not exist for the camera as an isolated entity. Aesthetics, in fact, is inseparable from the purpose of the photographer… — Sid Grossman Copy Share Image
“In fact, his travelogues spend amazingly little time discussing his blindness. Only one passage stands out for its frank discussion of his… — Sam Kean Copy Share Image
