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| Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun. | | John Dryden | |
| Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. | | Oscar Wilde | |
| Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues. | | Ambrose Bierce | |
| By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity. | | Robert A. Heinlein | |
| Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats | | Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
| Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it | | Confucius | |
| Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness. | | Henry David Thoreau | |
| Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty | | Joseph Addison | |
| He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices | | Lord Byron | |
| Here, with whitened hair, desires failing, strength ebbing out of him, with the sun gone down and with only the serenity and the calm warning of the evening star left to him, he drank to Life, to all it had been, to what it was, to what it would be. | | Sean O'Casey | |
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| I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form. | | Joan Crawford | |
| I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love. | | Mahatma Gandhi | |
I see trees of green........ red roses too
I see ’em bloom..... for me and for you
And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue..... clouds of white
Bright blessed days....dark sacred nights
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world.
The colors of a rainbow.....so pretty ..in the sky
Are also on the faces.....of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands.....sayin’.. how do you do
They’re really sayin’......I love you. | | Louis Armstrong | |
| I try to live what I consider a "poetic existence." That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the space I take up. I try to be immediate, to be totally present for all my work. | | Maya Angelou | |
| I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty | | Edgar Allan Poe | |
