Day 188 – Beauty Achieved
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ~ Maya Angelou
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“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ~ Maya Angelou
“It was a very aged, ghostly place; the church had been built many hundreds of years ago, and had once had a convent or monastery attached; for arches in ruins, remains of oriel windows, and […]
“To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.” ~ William Blake
“One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You loved ferris wheels more than roller coasters because life shouldn’t be lived at full speed, but in anticipation and appreciation.” ~ Amy Harmon
“It took me twenty years to discover painting: twenty years looking at nature, and above all, going to the Louvre.” ~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“The flowers are Nature’s jewels, with whose wealth she decks her summer beauty.” ~ George Croly
“Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.” ~ Junichiro Tanizaki
“When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing – just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, […]
“Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o’er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?” ~ Letitia Elizabeth Landon