A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she read more

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.

Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break.

Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break.

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

She is not fair to outward view
As many maidens be;
Her loveliness I never knew
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She is not fair to outward view
As many maidens be;
Her loveliness I never knew
Until she smiled on me:
Oh! then I saw her eye was bright,
A well of love, a spring of light.

In places where this beauty has already disappeared, we will reconstruct it.

In places where this beauty has already disappeared, we will reconstruct it.

You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.

You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.

A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. read more

A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.