Quotes about beauty

A collection of quotes on the topic of women, beauty, likeness, thing.

Best quotes about beauty

„If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.“

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

„Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.“

— Rumi Iranian poet 1207 - 1273

As quoted in Path for Greatness : Spiritualty at Work (2000) by Linda J. Ferguson, p. 51

„Things are beautiful if you love them.“

— Jean Anouilh French playwright 1910 - 1987

„Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.“

— Confucius Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551 - -479 BC

„There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.“

— Friedrich Nietzsche German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist 1844 - 1900

„Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain“

— Bob Dylan American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist 1941

Song lyrics, Time Out of Mind (1997), Not Dark Yet

„Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.“

— Charlie Chaplin British comic actor and filmmaker 1889 - 1977

Calvero's answer to Terry's question: "What is there to fight for?" in Limelight (1952)
Context: Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish. … The trouble is you won't fight. You've given up. But there's something just as inevitable as death. And that's life. Think of the power of the universe — turning the Earth, growing the trees. That's the same power within you — if you'll only have the courage and the will to use it.

„Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.“

— Khalil Gibran Lebanese artist, poet, and writer 1883 - 1931

„There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.“

— Jean Paul Sartre French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary cri… 1905 - 1980

„In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.“

— Aristotle, book Parts of Animals

Book I, 645a.16
Parts of Animals
Original: (el) Ἐν πᾶσι γὰρ τοῖς φυσικοῖς ἔνεστί τι θαυμαστόν.

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„Women are beautiful in the light of the day, but are even more so in the shadows of the night.“

— Andrzej Majewski Polish writer and photographer 1966

Aphorisms. Magnum in Parvo (2000)

Women, Light, Night

„Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can’t wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. They are not embarrassed to cry with you when you are hurting or laugh with you when you make a fool of yourself. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. There is never any pressure, jealousy or competition but only a quiet calmness when they are around. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are. The things that seem insignificant to most people such as a note, song or walk become invaluable treasures kept safe in your heart to cherish forever. Memories of your childhood come back and are so clear and vivid it’s like being young again. Colours seem brighter and more brilliant. Laughter seems part of daily life where before it was infrequent or didn’t exist at all. A phone call or two during the day helps to get you through a long day’s work and always brings a smile to your face. In their presence, there’s no need for continuous conversation, but you find you’re quite content in just having them nearby. Things that never interested you before become fascinating because you know they are important to this person who is so special to you. You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon. You open your heart knowing that there’s a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible. You find that being vulnerable is the only way to allow your heart to feel true pleasure that’s so real it scares you. You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and possibly a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that they are a part of your life.“

— Bob Marley Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician 1945 - 1981

Love, Life, People, Pleasure

„Sensitiveness to beauty of the world continues, and efforts to preserve it were also made in the past.“

— Marek Żukow-Karczewski Polish historian, journalist and opinion journalist 1961

Enchanted by beauty (three forgotten relations), "Aura" 1, 1998-01, p. 17-19. http://yadda.icm.edu.pl/yadda/element/bwmeta1.element.agro-article-d2f0773c-592e-4250-8f73-558234a9140e?q=3c417fdf-4051-4e84-83b2-9eb4fc33b1e0$1&qt=IN_PAGE

World, Effort, Past

„This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.“

— Marilyn Monroe American actress, model, and singer 1926 - 1962

Life, Hate, Truth, World

„If you have ever seen the play Peter Pan you will remember how the pirate chief was always making his dying speech because he was afraid that possibly when the time came for him to die he might not have time to get it off his chest. It is much the same with me, and so, although I am not at this moment dying, I shall be doing so one of these days and I want to send you a parting word of goodbye.

Remember, it is the last you will ever hear from me, so think it over.

I have had a most happy life and I want each one of you to have as happy a life too.

I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. Happiness doesn't come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy, so that you can be useful and so can enjoy life when you are a man.

Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one.

But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. Try and leave this world a little better than you found it and when your turn come to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best. "Be Prepared" in this way, to live happy and to die happy - stick to your Scout promise always - even after you have ceased to be a boy - and God help you do it.“

— Robert Baden-Powell lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement 1857 - 1941

Life, God, People, World

„Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.“

— Rainer Maria Rilke Austrian poet and writer 1875 - 1926

from poem Go to the Limits of Your Longing.

Appears in movie Jojo Rabbit.
Variant: Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final

„The most beautiful moments in life are moments when you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it.“

— Sadhguru Yogi, mystic, visionary and humanitarian 1957

Life, Joy

„There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves.“

— Thomas Wolfe American writer 1900 - 1938

Love, Cooking, For Wife

„My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece“

— Claude Monet French impressionist painter 1840 - 1926

„Stars," she whispered. "I can see the stars again, my lady."
A tear trickled down Artemis's cheek. "Yes, my brave one. They are beautiful tonight."
Stars," Zoe repeated. Her eyes fixed on the night sky. And she did not move again.“

— Rick Riordan, book The Titan's Curse

Source: The Titan's Curse

Star, Tear, Night

„Everyone should consider his
body as a priceless gift from
one whom he loves above all, a
marvelous work of art, of
indescribable beauty, and
mystery beyond human conception, and so delicate that
a word, a breath, a look, nay, a
thought may injure it.“

— Nikola Tesla Serbian American inventor 1856 - 1943

Love, Art

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

— Marilyn Monroe American actress, model, and singer 1926 - 1962

Life, Smile, Heartbreaking, Inspirational

„Nationalism is so beautiful for nationalists. At the same time, you are really opposed to the unification of the world.“

— Mwanandeke Kindembo 1996

Time, World

„I have loved books all my life. There is nothing more beautiful in our material world than the book.“

— Patti Smith American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist 1946

Love, Life, Books, World

„Percy, let me go" she croaked. "You can't pull me up."
His face was white with effort. She could see in his eyes that he knew it was hopeless.
"Never," he said. He looked up at Nico, fifteen feet above.
"The other side, Nico! We'll see you there. Understand?"
Nico's eyes widened. "But-"
"Lead them!" Percy shouted. "Promise me!"
"I-I will."
Below them, the voice laughed in the darkness. Sacrifices. Beautiful sacrifices to wake the goddess.
Percy tightened his grip on Annabeth's wrist. His face was gaunt, scraped and bloody, his hair dusted with cobwebs, but when he locked eyes with her, she thought he had never looked more handsome.
"We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again."
Only then did she understand what would happen. A one-way trip. A very hard fall.
"As long as we're together," she said.
She heard Nico and Hazel still screaming for help. She saw sunlight far, far above- maybe the last sunlight she would ever see.
Then Percy let go of his ledge, and together, holding hands, he and Annabeth fell into the endless darkness.“

— Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

Source: The Mark of Athena

Way, Understanding, Effort, Help

„This next song is only dedicated to beautiful people here tonight. That means all of you. Thank you for coming along… and making this a great occasion.“

— Freddie Mercury British singer, songwriter and record producer 1946 - 1991

Source: Live Aid, 1985/07/13 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A22oy8dFjqc?t=12m5s

People

„The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers.“

— Maryam Mirzakhani Iranian mathematician 1977 - 2017

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/aug/13/interview-maryam-mirzakhani-fields-medal-winner-mathematician

Mathematics

„I love borders. August is the border between summer and autumn; it is the most beautiful month I know.

Twilight is the border between day and night, and the shore is the border between sea and land. The border is longing: when both have fallen in love but still haven't said anything. The border is to be on the way. It is the way that is the most important thing.“

— Tove Jansson Finnish children's writer and illustrator 1914 - 2001

Love, Way, Autumn, Summer

„No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace,
As I have seen in one autumnal face.“

— John Donne English poet 1572 - 1631

No. 9, The Autumnal, line 1
Elegies
Source: The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose

Spring, Autumn, Summer, Beauty

„Anything forced is not beautiful“

— Xenophon ancient Greek historian and philosopher -430 - -354 BC

Source: The Art of Horsemanship

„The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart“

— Helen Keller American author and political activist 1880 - 1968

Variant: The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.

World, Heart, Wise, Deep

„It's dangerous & humiliating. The whalers killed whales while green peace watched. Now, you don't walk by a child that is being abused, you don't walk by a kitten that is being kicked to death and do nothing. So I find it abhorrent to sit there and watch a whale being slaughtered and do nothing but "bear witness" as they call it. I think it was best illustrated a few years ago, the contradictions that we have, when a ranger in Zimbabwe shot and killed a poacher that was about to kill a black rhinoceros and uh human rights groups around the world said "how dare you? Take a human life to protect an animal". I think the rangers' answer to that really illustrated a hypocrisy. He said "Ya know, if I lived in, If I was a police officer in Herrari and a man ran out of Bark Place Bank with a bag of money and I shot him in the head in front of everybody and killed him, you'd pin a medal on me and call me a national hero. Why is that bag of paper more valued than the future heritage of this nation?" This is our values. WE fight, WE kill, WE risk our lives for things we believe in… Imagine going into Mecca, walk up to the black stone and spit on it. See how far you get. You’re not going to get very far. You’re going to be torn to pieces. Walk into Jerusalem, walk up to that wailing wall with a pick axe, start whacking away. See how far you’re going to get, somebody is going to put a bullet in your back. And everybody will say you deserved it. Walk into the Vatican with a hammer, start smashing a few statues. See how far you’re going to get. Not very far. But each and every day, ya know, people go into the most beautiful, most profoundly sacred cathedrals of this planet, the rainforests of the Amazonia, the redwood forests of California, the rainforests of Indonesia, and totally desecrate & destroy these cathedrals with bulldozers, chainsaws and how do we respond to that? Oh, we write a few letters and protest; we dress up in animal costumes with picket signs and jump up and down; but if the rainforests of Amazonia and redwoods of California, were as, or had as much value to us as a chunk of old meteorite in Mecca, a decrepit old wall in Jerusalem or a piece of old marble in the Vatican, we would literally rip those pieces limb from limb for the act of blasphemy that we’re committing but we won’t do that because nature is an abstraction, wilderness is an abstraction. It has no value in our anthropocentric world where the only thing we value is that which is created by humans.“

— Paul Watson Canadian environmental activist 1950

Life, Death, Money, People

„The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops.“

— Hermann Göring German politician and military leader 1893 - 1946

This statement was attributed to Goering in at least one book on World War II, but it was removed from the English Wikipedia page on him on grounds that it was not actually verified that Goering had ever said it.
Disputed
Context: In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set – then at least I'll own something that has always worked.

Speed

„It’s always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery and the joy and the depth. If you can make a woman laugh, you’re seeing the most beautiful thing on God’s Earth.“

— Keanu Reeves Canadian actor, director, producer and musician 1964

God, Joy, Making love, Women

„I feel like flying when I take my drone out into the desert or over the tall skyscrapers in the UAE (Dubai) to capture beautiful imagery.“

— NasserTone Nasser Ali Albahrani is a director, cinematographer, photographer, producer, & YouTuber, who was born on April 3, 1994,… 1994

Vice Magazine Article (July 18, 2018)

Feeling, Flying

„The mind might become forgetful of great deeds, but the soul does not forget anything that it considers to be beautiful and good.“

— Mwanandeke Kindembo 1996

Soul, Forgetting

„Mimì never forgets to see the beauty in life.“

— Megan Marie Hart American opera singer 1983

Original: (de) Mimi vergisst nie, die Schönheit im Leben zu sehen, und ist nicht verbittert.
Variant: Mimi never forgets to see the beauty in life and is not bitter.
Source: https://www.frizzmag.de/kultur-freizeit/kultur--buehne/La-Boheme-neue-Version-Staatstheater/
Context: Mimì is a character in Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème. Although she is terminally ill, she enjoys life.

Forgetting, Life

„When You've lost it all…. that's when you realize that Life is Beautiful.“

— Nikki Sixx American musician 1958

Variant: When You've lost it all.... thats when you realize that Life is Beautiful.
Source: The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star

Life

„So every day
I was surrounded by the beautiful crying forth
of the ideas of God, one of which was you.“

— Mary Oliver American writer 1935 - 2019

"So every day"
Red Bird (2008)

God, Idea, Cry

„Yesterday I fell in love,
today feels like my funeral,
I just got hit by a bus,
shouldn't have been so beautiful,
dont know why I gave my heart,
gave my trust,
gave everything.“

— Chris Brown American singer, songwriter, dancer, actor , and painter 1989

Love, Feeling, Heart

„I have no advice for anybody; except to, you know, be awake enough to see where you are at any given time, and how that is beautiful, and has poetry inside. Even places you hate.“

— Jeff Buckley American singer, guitarist and songwriter 1966 - 1997

Hate, Time

„To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance.“

— Jean Vanier Canadian humanitarian 1928 - 2019

Love

„Horses make a landscape look beautiful.“

— Alice Walker American author and activist 1944

Horse

„Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best…“

— Frank Zappa American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer 1940 - 1993

"Packard Goose"
"Joe's Garage Acts II & III" (1979)
Variant: Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best.

Love, Wisdom, Truth, Music

„Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. You will never be more lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.“

— Homér, Iliad

Variant: Any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.
Source: The Iliad

„Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.“

— Marcus Aurelius, book Meditations

Source: Meditations

Life, Star, Motivational, Beauty

„Sexiness wears thin after awhile and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that is a treat.“

— Joanne Woodward Actress, producer 1930

„Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.“

— Sophia Loren Italian actress 1934

As quoted in The Subtlety of Emotions (2001) by Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, p. 204.

Beauty, For Her

„We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a benefit for humanity.“

— Marie Curie French-Polish physicist and chemist 1867 - 1934

Lecture at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York (14 May 1921)

Science, Chance, Forgetting

„Time is a vindictive bandit to steal the beauty of our former selves.“

— Raphael Italian painter and architect 1483 - 1520

Quote from: 1001 quotations to inspire you before you die; Quintessence Editions Ltd., 2016, ISBN 978-1-84403-895-4

Time

„I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.“

— Coco Chanel French fashion designer 1883 - 1971

As quoted in Chanel (1987) by Jean Leymarie
Context: Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.

Perfection

„Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full.“

— Leon Trotsky Marxist revolutionary from Russia 1879 - 1940

Trotsky's Testament (1940)
Context: Natasha has just come up to the window from the courtyard and opened it wider so that the air may enter more freely into my room. I can see the bright green strip of grass beneath the wall, and the clear blue sky above the wall, and sunlight everywhere. Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression and violence, and enjoy it to the full.

Life, Evil, Future

„We had a beautiful dream and that was all.“

— Marie Antoinette last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution 1755 - 1793

The interest of my son is the only guide I have, and whatever happiness I could achieve by being free of this place I cannot consent to separate my self from him. I could not have any pleasure in the world if I abandoned my children.I do not even have any regrets.
Marie Antoinette to the Chevalier Jarjayes on his persuading her to escape alone from the Tower; Lettres, II. p. 433; also quoted in Marie Antoinette: The Journey (2001) by Antonia Fraser, ISBN 0307277747.

Dreams

„Elegance is the only beauty that never fades“

— Cassandra Kuzneski

Source: https://totalgirlboss.com/cassea-swim/

Beauty

„For love is beautiful only when you have mastered your emotions and mind.“

— Mwanandeke Kindembo 1996

Love

„With all my ideas and follies I could one day found a corporate company for the propagation of beautiful but unreliable imaginings.“

— Robert Walser, book Jakob von Gunten

Source: Jakob von Gunten

Imagination, Idea

„Every day I discover
more and more
beautiful things.
It’s enough to drive one mad.
I have such a desire
to do everything,
my head is bursting with it.“

— Claude Monet French impressionist painter 1840 - 1926

Variant: Everyday I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.

Madness

„Everything that is past is either a learning experience to grow on, a beautiful memory to reflect on, or a motivating factor to act upon.“

— Denis Waitley American writer 1933

Motivation, Learning, Memory, Past

„What if you slept
And what if
In your sleep
You dreamed
And what if
In your dream
You went to heaven
And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower
And what if
When you awoke
You had that flower in you hand
Ah, what then?“

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge English poet, literary critic and philosopher 1772 - 1834

Source: The Complete Poems

Dreams, Flowers, Sleep

„Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.“

— Anne Frank victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary 1929 - 1945

Thinking, Happiness, Happy, Beauty

„We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.“

— Jawaharlal Nehru Indian lawyer, statesman, and writer, first Prime Minister of India 1889 - 1964

As quoted in Building A Life Of Value : Timeless Wisdom to Inspire and Empower Us (2005) by Jason A. Merchey, p. 74

World, Beauty

„The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.“

— Louisa May Alcott American novelist 1832 - 1888

Variant: The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

Love, Life, Home, Happiness

„Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.“

— Charles Baudelaire French poet 1821 - 1867

Beauty

„Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.“

— Franz Liszt Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist 1811 - 1886

Love, Life, Music, Heart

„The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain“

— Padre Pio Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic 1887 - 1968

Life, Pain, Soul, Flowers

„Your beautiful don't let anyone tell you different“

— Marilyn Manson American rock musician and actor 1969

„Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.“

— Paramahansa Yogananda Yogi, a guru of Kriya Yoga and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship 1893 - 1952

Future

„The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.“

— John Cage American avant-garde composer 1912 - 1992

Question, Thinking

„She's kind of a walking poem, she's this perfect beauty… but at the same time very deep, very smart.“

— Johnny Depp American actor, film producer, and musician 1963

Time, Perfection

„To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.“

— Thich Nhat Hanh Religious leader and peace activist 1926

Beauty, Heart Touching

„I cry a lot-I don't know why, but it just helps me. I cry over bad and good stuff-sometimes sadness can be beautiful“

— Amy Lee American singer-songwriter and pianist 1981

Sadness, Help, Cry

„Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.“

— Sylvia Plath, book The Bell Jar

Source: The Bell Jar

Life, Death, Lie, Peace

„Being human means throwing your whole life on the scales of destiny when need be, all the while rejoicing in every sunny day and every beautiful cloud.“

— Rosa Luxemburg Polish Marxist theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary 1871 - 1919

Life

„The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome. He can be worshipped in the cathedral or in the laboratory. His creation is majestic, awesome, intricate, and beautiful.“

— Francis S. Collins Geneticist; Director of the National Institutes of Health 1950

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief (2006), p. 211

God

„When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.“

— John Lennon English singer and songwriter 1940 - 1980

Sadness, Sleep, Sun, Beauty

„True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys.“

— Yukio Mishima Japanese author 1925 - 1970

„The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves.“

— Yves Saint Laurent fashion designer 1936 - 2008

Love, Clothes

„There is nothing more beautiful than a beautiful woman.“

— Gianni Agnelli Italian businessman 1921 - 2003

Agnelli: The Rules of the Game, Vanity Fair (1991)

Beauty, For Her

„Look, when you realize how fake it all is; the football, the basketball, the Lady Gaga, the Justin Bieber—you know, who gives you these carbon tax messages. They tell your kids they gotta love Justin Biebler [sic], and then Biebler [sic] says "hand in your guns", "pass the Cyber Security Act", and "the police state is good", and then your children are turned into a mindless vassals—who now, they look up to some twit, instead of looking up to Thomas Jefferson, or looking up to Nikola Tesla, or looking up to Magellan; I mean, kids, Magellan is a lot cooler than Justin Bieber! He circumnavigated with one ship the entire planet! He was killed by wild natives before they got back to Portugal! And when they got back there was only like eleven people alive of the two hundred and something crew and the entire ship was rotting down to the waterline! That's destiny! That's will! That's striving! That's being a trailblazer and explore! Going into space! Mathematics! Quantum mechanics! The secrets of the universe! It's all there! Life is fiery with its beauty! Its incredible detail! Tuning into it! They wanna shutter your mind, talking about Justin Bieber! It's pure evil! They're taking your intellect, your soul, and giving you Michael Jordan and Bieber. Unlock your human potential! Defeat the globalists who wanna shutter your mind!—Your doorways to perception!—I wanna see you truly live! I wanna see you truly be who you are!“

— Alex Jones American radio host, author, conspiracy theorist and filmmaker 1974

Alex Jones: The "Justin Biebler" Rant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDMB0KyhPN8, 21 February 2011.
2011

Love, Life, Children, People

„Sometimes I am tempted to believe that I am better than anybody because I know Him. And then I remember that, I don't know him because I was smart enough to figure out some riddle. And I don't know him because I was good enough to ascend into heaven on my own and shake hands with him and meet him. Of all the things that make God awesome, the most awesome thing in the world that I can imagine from a god is that one who would be holy, and one that would be just,… and one that would be innocent and beautiful, and would have no need of me… that someone like that could love me is amazing. And uh, that does not make me a good person; but it makes Him a great God!“

— Rich Mullins American christian musician 1955 - 1997

Louisville, Kentucky http://www.kidbrothers.net/words/concert-transcripts/louisville-kentucky-jun2594.html (June 25, 1994)
In Concert

Love, God, World, Imagination

„Lesson one: If you're ever in a beautiful cathedral, take your hat off!“

— Ben Kowalewicz musician 1975

From "The Diary of Billy Talent":

„I wonder–
didn’t the Creator really do injustice?
With a power to defeat everyone without any battle,
children are busy at play with the most beautiful moments of their life.
Once they grow conscious of it,
those moments will have gone away
never to return to them.“

— Suman Pokhrel Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist 1967

<span class="plainlinks"> Children http://www.occupypoetry.net/children_1/</span>
From Poetry

Life, Children, Business

„What is man’s life but love, love of self;
Man is dust, dust as his passion, dust as the beloved.Death, it is your great act of piety for man –
You take him to your house or he’d be left to himself.Death is a covenant between the lover and the beloved;
Death is a secret wedlock between being and non-being.Death harbors the hidden port of life’s ocean;
Death is helpless and a vision of beauty to itself.Death is the only witness of my life and your grace,
And O strange lord, of night and the crescent.“

— Ghani Khan Pakistani poet 1914 - 1996

Death, st. 8-12

Love, Life, Death, Secret

„What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened…. Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits. Hold up to him his better self, his REAL self that can dare and do and win out!… The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious, and may revolutionize a whole town…. People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts. If a man feels kindly and obliging, his neighbors will feel that way, too, before long. But if he scolds and scowls and criticizes — his neighbors will return scowl for scowl, and add interest!… When you look for the bad, expecting it, you will get it. When you know you will find the good — you will get that…. Tell your son Tom you KNOW he'll be glad to fill that woodbox — then watch him start, alert and interested!“

— Eleanor H. Porter American novelist 1868 - 1920

Works, Pollyanna (1913)

Women, Men, People, Hope

„Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem.“

— Edgar Allan Poe, book The Philosophy of Composition

"The Philosophy of Composition" (published 1846).

„The things that change are not our real life. Within us there is another body, another beauty. It belongs to that ray of light which never changes. We must discover how to mingle with it and become one with that unchanging thing. We must realize and understand this treasure of truth. That is why we have come to the world.“

— Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Sri Lankan Sufi leader 1900 - 1986

Life, Truth, World, Understanding

„Ah, music! What a beautiful art! But what a wretched profession!“

— Georges Bizet French composer 1838 - 1875

Starement of 3 August 1867, as quoted in An Encyclopedia of Quotations about Music (1981) by Nat Shapiro, p. 115

Art, Music

„The dimple that thy chin contains has beauty in its round,
That never has been fathomed yet by myriad thoughts profound.“

— Hafez Persian poet 1326 - 1389

Source: Odes, CXLIII, in Hafiz of Shiraz: Selections from his Poems, translated from the Persian, by Herman Bicknell (1875), p. 197; quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 59

„Charisma is the radiance produced by the interaction of male and female elements in a gifted personality. The charismatic woman has a masculine force and severity. The charismatic man has an entrancing female beauty. Both are hot and cold, glowing with presexual self-love.“

— Camille Paglia American writer 1947

Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990), p. 521

Love, Personality

„Do not allow your dreams of a beautiful world to lure you away from the claims of men who suffer here and now. Our fellow men have a claim to our help; no generation must be sacrificed for the sake of future generations, for the sake of an ideal of happiness that may never be realised.“

— Karl Popper Austrian-British philosopher of science 1902 - 1994

Utopia and Violence (1947)

Men, World, Dreams, Suffering

„It is common opinion among us in regard to beauty and wisdom that there is an honourable and a shameful way of bestowing them. For to offer one’s beauty for money to all comers is called prostitution; but we think it virtuous to become friendly with a lover who is known to be a man of honour. So is it with wisdom. Those who offer it to all comers for money are known as sophists, prostitutors of wisdom.“

— Xenophon ancient Greek historian and philosopher -430 - -354 BC

Words spoken by Socrates to Antiphon in Memorabilia, 1.6.11.

Wisdom, Money, Way, Lovers

„Isn't it bewildering … that everything is so beautiful, despite all the horrors that exist?“

— Sophie Scholl White Rose member 1921 - 1943

As quoted in O<sub>2</sub> : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008) by Richard Dahlstrom, p. 223; this source is disputed as it does not cite an original document for the quote.
Disputed
Context: Isn't it bewildering … that everything is so beautiful, despite all the horrors that exist? Lately I've noticed something grand and mysterious peering into my sheer joy in all that is lovely — the sense of a Creator whom innocent creation worships with its beauty. Only man can be hateful or ugly, because he possesses a free will to cut himself off from the chorus of praise. It often seems that he will succeed in drowning out this chorus with his cannon thunder, curses, and blasphemy. But it has become clear to me this spring that he cannot. And so I must try to throw myself on the side of the victor.

„Each bud flowers but once and each flower has but its minute of perfect beauty; so, in the garden of the soul each feeling has, as it were, its flowering instant, its one and only moment of expansive grace and radiant kingship.“

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel Swiss philosopher and poet 1821 - 1881

30 December 1850
Journal Intime (1882), Journal entries
Context: Each bud flowers but once and each flower has but its minute of perfect beauty; so, in the garden of the soul each feeling has, as it were, its flowering instant, its one and only moment of expansive grace and radiant kingship. Each star passes but once in the night through the meridian over our heads and shines there but an instant; so, in the heaven of the mind each thought touches its zenith but once, and in that moment all its brilliancy and all its greatness culminate. Artist, poet, or thinker, if you want to fix and immortalize your ideas or your feelings, seize them at this precise and fleeting moment, for it is their highest point. Before it, you have but vague outlines or dim presentiments of them. After it you will have only weakened reminiscence or powerless regret; that moment is the moment of your ideal.

Feeling, Soul, Flowers, Perfection

„Why do you sow where the field is eager to destroy the fruit? Where there are medicines of sterility? Where there is murder before birth? You do not even let a harlot remain a harlot, but you make her a murderess as well. Do you see that from drunkenness comes fornication, from fornication adultery, from adultery murder? Indeed, it is something worse than murder and I do not know what to call it; for she does not kill what is formed but prevents its formation. What then? Do you contemn the gift of God, and fight with His laws? What is a curse, do you seek as though it were a blessing? Do you make the anteroom of birth the anteroom of slaughter? Do you teach the woman who is given to you for the procreation of offspring to perpetrate killing? That she may always be beautiful and lovable to her lovers, and that she may rake in more money, she does not refuse to do this, heaping fire on your head; and even if the crime is hers, you are the cause. Hence also arise idolatries. To look pretty many of these women use incantations, libations, philtres, potions, and innumerable other things. Yet after such turpitude, after murder, after idolatry, the matter still seems indifferent to many men–even to many men having wives. In this indifference of the married men there is greater evil filth; for then poisons are prepared, not against the womb of a prostitute, but against your injured wife. Against her are these innumerable tricks, invocations of demons, incantations of the dead, daily wars, ceaseless battles, and unremitting contentions.“

— John Chrysostom important Early Church Father 349 - 407

St. John Chrysostom, Homily 24 on the Epistle to the Romans [PG 60:626-27] https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2017/10/contraception-early-church-teaching-william-klimon.html

Money, God, Law, Dead

„The conclusion is like beautiful wrapping paper on a gift.“

— Broody Kent

„Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye.“

— William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost

Source: Love's Labour's Lost

„The beauty, the poetry of the fear in their eyes. I didn't mind going to jail for, what, five, six hours? It was absolutely worth it.“

— Johnny Depp American actor, film producer, and musician 1963

Fear

„Paul's last words to Linda: "You're up on your beautiful Appaloosa stallion. It's a fine spring day. We're riding through the woods. The bluebells are all out, and the sky is clear-blue".“

— Paul McCartney English singer-songwriter and composer 1942

I had barely got to the end of the sentence when she closed her eyes and gently slipped away. She was unique, and the world is a better place for having known her. I love you, Linda. note: Last words to his wife, Linda, as recounted by McCartney in a statement released to the press three days after her death
Source: as quoted in "Linda's Death 'Heartbreak' for McCartney" https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=99480655 by Emma Ross, Tucson Citizen (April 21, 1998), p. B1

Spring

„Oh, Jo, how could you? Your one beauty.“

— Louisa May Alcott, book Little Women

Source: Little Women