“Love can only be found through the act of loving.”
Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“Familiar acts are beautiful through love.”
The Earth, Act IV, l. 403
Prometheus Unbound (1818–1819; publ. 1820)
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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) English Romantic poet
A Defence of Poetry http://www.bartleby.com/27/23.html (1821)
“Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover,
Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.”
Joseph Addison book Cato
Act I, scene iv.
Cato, A Tragedy (1713)
“Practice Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty”
Richard Carlson (1961–2006) Author, psychotherapist and motivational speaker
Lesson 34, Practice Random Acts of Kindness
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all Small Stuff (1997)
Context: There is a bumper sticker that has been out for some time now. You see it on cars all across the nation. It says, "Practice Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty." I have no idea who thought of this idea, but I've never seen a more important message on a car in front of me.
Practicing random kindness is an effective way to get in touch with the joy of giving without expecting anything in return. It's best practiced without letting anyone know what you are doing.
James Bridie (1888–1951) Scottish playwright, screenwriter and surgeon
One Way of Living, alluding to his play Marriage is no Joke 1939