True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally completed the incomplete.
-Okakura Kakuzō
"The Book of Tea"
Quotations
Beauty
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
-Confucius
Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
-Ambrose Bierce
What would beauty be if the whole world were blind?
-Marty Rubin
Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; follow the straight line, thou shalt see the curved line ever follow thee.
-William Maccall
Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows.
-Nick Bantock
"Griffin and Sabine"
We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson"
Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
The ugliest thing in the world is a beautiful woman without the brains or courage to know that beauty is nothing more than an accident.
-Charlie Fletcher
"Silvertongue"
You are a pool of clear water where the light plays.
-Jeanette Winterson
"Written on the Body"
