#beauty

"Never forget:we walk on hell,gazing at flowers."

"I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty."

"Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping."

"You never know who you're inspiring or uninspiring. People notice more than you think."

"The wise do not buy into other people’s perceptions of who they are and what they are capable of. Instead, they bypass a person’s public persona and see who they are in their highest expression. When you see actions taken with integrity, instead of words only, you will then know a soul’s worth."

"The beauty of the world...has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder."

"[When asked why are numbers beautiful?]It’s like asking why is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is."

"The little boy nodded at the peony and the peony seemed to nod back. The little boy was neat, clean and pretty. The peony was unchaste, dishevelled as peonies must be, and at the height of its beauty.(...) Every hour is filled with such moments, big with significance for someone."

"People are craving this great progress in electronics, going after computers, the Internet, etc. It's a giant progress technologically. But they must have a balance of soul, a balance for human beauty. That means art has an important role."

"What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful."

"To grow unique beauty, be wild and live in the wilderness of your mind."

"My mama told me in college, 'I love you, and you're God's child, but natural beauty will only take you so far.'"

"Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty."

"Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited."

"And medecine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love: these are what we stay alive for."

"I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship."

"Unreturned love is like trying to make a sandwich with one slice of bread. Don’t stress—fold it in half and love yourself."

"Your real beauty is hidden in your heart."

"One great function of the arts is to keep ideals alive in a culture that does not yet realize them."

"I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position."