#beauty

[O]ther thinkers have philosophised since the time of Plato, but that does not destroy the interest and beauty of his philosophy ↗

— Frederick Charles Copleston

#plato #beauty

After explaining how a pearl is made she said: "It's how we survive the hurts in life that brings us strength and give us our beauty. ↗

— Beth Hoffman

#beauty

I understood now: how nothing looked more beautiful than that scar of his, that borderline that separated what Jacob could have been had he stayed in that orphanage from who he is. ↗

— Justina Chen

#beauty

And when we finally stood up and turned to face the world, I could feel something climbing through me. I could feel it on its hands and knees inside me, rising up, rising up - and I smiled. I smiled, thinking, The hunger, because I knew it all too well. The hunger. The desire. Then, slowly, as we walked on, I felt the beauty of it, and I could taste it, like words inside my mouth. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#feel #hunger #mouth #taste #words

He was the mythic Warrior, the protector of magic, defender of causes, even those not his own. His body was a weapon, and a beautiful one. ↗

— Zoe Archer

#beauty

Enhance. Beauty. Awareness. ↗

— Trang Hai Nguyen

#patience #beauty

The greatness of poetry comes from its struggle to express the rapture of the soul in the contemplation of beauty. ↗

— Anthony S. Maulucci

#beauty

The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity- its envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. ↗

— Yann Martel

#inspirational #science #beauty

He [Nicolaus Steno] told the audience, "Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do not comprehend. ↗

— Mira Bartok

#beauty

To whom pursuit beauty only have to see their reflection in the mirror because you are a child of god and there is no more beauty in that ↗

— Vira Luna

#childd #god #mirror #beauty