Pastoral Resources

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

Beauty without expression is boring.

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.

Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.

There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.

I'm always suspicious of really beautiful women telling us we shouldn't be worried about beauty.

It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.

The human face is the organic seat of beauty. It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose legitimate office is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of the majestic mistress, the soul.

Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars - mere globs of gas atoms. I, too, can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more?

There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.

I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes.

The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that it's a cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it doesn't change - it hasn't suddenly changed into another kind of movie. It's still a cowboy movie. And that's what's incredible about it because nobody has done that before, that's new territory.

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.