For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror
which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,
because it serenely disdains to destroy us.
Every angel is terrible.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
"Duino Elegies"
Quotations
Beauty
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
-Anne Frank
Beauty is like success: we can't love it for long.
-Graham Greene
"The Heart of the Matter"
Beauty is the virtue of the body as virtue is the beauty of the soul.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
-Khalil Gibran
Beauty is the illumination of your soul.
- John O'donohue
"Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom"
One man’s justice is another’s injustice; one man’s beauty, another’s ugliness; one man’s wisdom, another’s folly.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Maybe beauty, true beauty, is so overwhelming, it goes straight to our hearts. Maybe it makes us feel emotions that are locked away inside.
-James Patterson
"Sundays at Tiffany's"
Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it´s good.
-Alex Flinn
"Beastly"
