I like writing about new ways of looking at old topics. Beauty is something that I believe is both misunderstood and underrated. When we look at something beautiful, it brings us joy. Too often, we spend our days pushing hard at work to the point where we are so stressed that we do not even see the beauty that surrounds us. The enjoyment of lovely things is essential, not extraneous. This is one reason that I recommend people keep fresh cut flowers or plants in their home.
Here are some quotes I like that invite us to rethink our idea of beauty:
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
― Anne Frank
“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies
“That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on color instead of taste.”
― John Green, Paper Towns
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
― Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata
“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”
― Dorothy Parker
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
― Franz Kafka
Here are some quotes I like that invite us to rethink our idea of beauty:
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
― Anne Frank
“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Uglies
“That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on color instead of taste.”
― John Green, Paper Towns
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
― Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata
“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”
― Dorothy Parker
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
― Franz Kafka