#image

People today are trying to hang on to the dignity of man, but they do not know how to, because they have lost the truth that man is made in the image of God. . . . We are watching our culture put into effect the fact that when you tell men long enough that they are machines, it soon begins to show in their actions. You see it in our whole culture -- in the theater of cruelty, in the violence in the streets, in the death of man in art and life. ↗

— Francis A. Schaeffer

#violence #art

The human body is the best work of art. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#beauty #body #body-image #dancer #desire

Then the cow asked: "What is a mirror?" "It is a hole in the wall," said the cat. "You look in it, and there you see the picture, and it is so dainty and charming and ethereal and inspiring in its unimaginable beauty that your head turns round and round, and you almost swoon with ecstasy. ↗

— Mark Twain

#self-image #vanity #beauty

There is something beautiful about a sunny winter day, A break from harsh gray skies and harsh cold winds, A bright warm sun and clear blue skies instead. ↗

— Red Waterfall

#beauty

God sees nothing but beauty in you. ↗

— Kate Wicker

#body-image #god #love #beauty

Friend who has fired the kingfishers and flamed the dragonflies – they catch your light however they move and beam it out of their eyes. ↗

— Bryana Johnson

#christ #free-verse #gerard-manley-hopkins #poetry #the-image

Even when our death is imminent, we carry the image of ourselves moving forward, alive, into the future. ↗

— Dan Chaon

#death #image #death

Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose! ↗

— Karl Lagerfeld

#dieting #fashion-designer #game #image #look

Do something every day that is loving toward your body and gives you the opportunity to enjoy the sensations of your body. ↗

— Golda Poretsky

#body-mind #inspirational #self-love #diet

We are in the dark places of the earth," said Madman. "Where all the ancient and most dangerous secrets are kept. There are Old Things down here, sleeping all around us, in the earth and in the living rock, and in the spaces between spaces. Keep your voices down. Some of these old creatures sleep but lightly, and even their dreams can have force and substance in our limited world. We have come among forgotten gods and sleeping devils, from the days before the world settled down and declared itself sane. ↗

— Simon R. Green

#imagery #dreams