Monthly Archives: August 2011

“The ideal has many names, and beauty is but one of them.”  W. Somerset Maugham 

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

“Beauty is a form of genius — is higher,  indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation.  It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight,  or springtime, or the reflection in dark water  of that silver shell … Continue reading →

“Confronted with the vision of a beautiful garden,  we see something beautiful about ourselves.”  Jeff Cox 

“By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else.  From beauty no road leads to reality.” Hannah Arendt 

“Let there be nothing within thee  that is not very beautiful and very gentle,  and there will be nothing without thee  that is not beautiful and softened  by the spell of thy presence.” James Allen 

“Be a gentle friend to trees and they will give you back beauty,  cool and fragrant shade, and many birds, singing.” Anonymous

“Each moment of the year has its own beauty…  a picture which was never before  and shall never be seen again.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art.  Otherwise, what would become of beauty?” Paul Gauguin

“When you are blessed and when you listen  and attend to the needs of your body, mind, and spirit,  your natural beauty comes out.” Christy Turlington