For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror
which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,
because it serenely disdains to destroy us.
Every angel is terrible.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
"Duino Elegies"
Quotations
Beauty
Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.
-Charles Baudelaire
Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.
-Coco Chanel
Beauty is whatever gives joy.
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.
-Drew Barrymore
You can be gorgeous at thirty, charmimg at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.
-Coco Chanel
In all judgements by which we describe anything as beautiful, we allow no one to be of another opinion.
-Immanuel Kant
"Critique of Judgment"
You will be a beautiful person, as long as you see the beauty in others.
-Bryant H. McGill
"Voice of Reason"
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
-Confucius
You are beautiful. Know this. Anyone who tells you otherwise is simply lying. You are beautiful.
-Steve Maraboli
