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Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside.

But beauty is set apart, beauty is cast by the sea, a barren rock, beauty is set about with wrecks of ships.

But bear in mind your lover's wage Is what your looking-glass can show, And that he will turn green with rage At all that is not pictured there.

But for harmony beautiful to contemplate, science would not be worth following.

But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality.

But the beauty of Einstein's equations, for example, is just as real to anyone who's experienced it as the beauty of music. We've learned in the 20th century that the equations that work have inner harmony.

But the longer and further I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind- a place where worries that seemed monumental melted away, where the beauty and timelessness of the universe, of the present moment, came into sharp focus.

But under the beaming, constant and almost vertical sun of Virginia, shade is our Elysium. In the absence of this no beauty of the eye can be enjoyed.

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

By today's beauty standards, of course, Marilyn Monroe was an oil tanker.

Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.

Characteristics which define beauty are wholeness, harmony and radiance.

Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals. Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts. For out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all heavenly environment, of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.

Christ, as the ultimate Imago Dei is alluded to in scripture as being without external beauty in the Classical sense, and should better be thought of as one who passed through all the slime and mire of a fallen and sinful creation in order to redeem it. His own body is to be remembered for the marks it bears-even in resurrection-of the scars of his sacrificial death. For the Christian, a theory of beauty might better begin at this point.

Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child's eye - it is very beautiful.

Christianity sees plants and flowers as created by God to show forth and share with humans the divine goodness, beauty and truth - the purpose of all Creation. In this flowers may be enjoyed simply and directly in themselves as showing forth God's goodness and beauty, or, more fully, as archetypes, signatures, symbols, and bearers of legends, mirroring the revealed articles of Christian faith - thereby serving as means for their teaching, recollection, contemplation and celebration.

Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.

Confidence is sexy! I'm comfortable with my body and not afraid to show it off

Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.

Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.

Confronted with the vision of a beautiful garden, we see something beautiful about ourselves.

Congress has an obligation to protect our country's natural beauty, embodied in our nation's parks, rivers, and breathtaking landscapes.

Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man.

Cry pretty, pretty, pretty and you'll be able Very soon not even to cry pretty And so be delivered entirely from humanity This is prettiest of all, it is very pretty.

Could beauty be beaten out, O youth the cities have sent to strike at each other's strength, it is you who have kept her alight.

Death is the mother of beauty, mystical, Within whose burning bosom we devise Our earthly mothers waiting, sleeplessly.

Danger hides in beauty and beauty in danger.

Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.

Dominique as Gail looks at her "... there is a stage of worship which makes the worshiper himself an object of reverence.

Delight in splendor is No more than happiness with little: for both Have their appeal.

Did you ever sit quietly with your back straight, not moving, just only cherishing the beauty of silence?

Don't underestimate the therapeutic value of gardening. It's the one area where we can all use our nascent creative talents to make a truly satisfying work of art. Every individual, with thought, patience and a large portion of help from nature, has it in them to create their own private paradise: truly a thing of beauty and a joy for ever.

Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.

Don't go outside your house to see flowers. My friend, don't bother with that excursion. Inside your body there are flowers. One flower has a thousand petals. That will do for a place to sit. Sitting there you will have a glimpse of beauty inside the body and out of it, before gardens and after gardens.

Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.

Don't be a cynic, and bewail and bemoan. Omit the negative propositions. Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Set down nothing that will help somebody.

Don't try to be what you're not. If you're nervous, be nervous. If you're shy, be shy. It's cute.

Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all? Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty.

Doubtless almost any intense emotion may open our 'inward eye' to the beauty of reality. Falling in love appears to do it for some people. The beauties of nature or the exhilaration of artistic creation does it for others. Probably any high experience may momentarily stretch our souls up on tiptoe, so that we catch a glimpse of that marvelous beauty which is always there, but which we are not often tall enough to perceive.

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.

Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.

Even beauty may present a prism wearying to the eye.

Each humblest plant, or weed, as we call it, stands there to express some thought or mood of ours; and yet how long it stands in vain!... Beauty and true wealth are always thus cheap and despised.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

Elysian beauty, melancholy grace, Brought from a pensive though a happy place.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Enhance and intensify one's vision of that synthesis of truth and beauty which is the highest and deepest reality.

Ethically, I think pretty much every code of ethics for doctors suggests that they should not be in an interrogation room, particularly if there's anything coercive or abusive going on.