Accepting Quote by Anonymous

Much of the stress and emptiness that haunt us can be traced back to our lack of attention to beauty. Internally, the mind becomes…

— John O'Donohue

“If we focus just on what's ugly and bad, we attract more ugliness into our thoughts, and then into our emotions, and eventually into…

— José N. Harris

if we focus on what's ugly, we attract more ugliness into our thoughts, and then into our emotions, and ultimately into our lives

— Anonymous

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . .

— Socrates

“Physiologically, everything ugly weakens and saddens man. It reminds him of decay, danger, impotence; it actually deprives him of strength ... Whenever man is…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

— David Hume

Beauty in things lies in the mind which contemplates them.

— David Hume

“If we are always pushing away from feelings that we condemn as wrong, painful, or ugly, we are also pushing away from the very…

— Shaeri Richards

It is perhaps when our lives are at their most problematic that we are likely to be most receptive to beautiful things.

— Alain de Botton

In our pursuit of the things of this world, we usually prevent enjoyment, by expectation; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the…

— John Tillotson

“This is harmonizing for the body, mind, and spirit. It is like there is something that cushions you from stress so that the things…

— Julie T. Lusk

“When we fight against and/or hide from unpleasant or painful sensations and feelings, we generally make things worse. The more we avoid them, the…

— Peter A. Levine