“But there is much beauty here, because there is much beauty everywhere.”

“"Why is everyone here so happy except me?"
"Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere," said the Master.
"Why don't I see goodness and beauty everywhere?"
"Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside."”

Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer

“There's beauty, heartbreaking beauty, everywhere.”

Edward Abbey (1927–1989) American author and essayist

“Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

“It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.”

Bill Cosby (1937) American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist

“I've not much interest in the important things of life. Only in the beautiful things. Just this lilac here makes me happy.”

Erich Maria Remarque book Three Comrades

“Find things beautiful as much as you can, most people find too little beautiful.”

Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)

“We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.”

Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray

“I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.”

Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)

“The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego.”

Northrop Frye (1912–1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist