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Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beaut...more

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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful we must carry it with us or we find it not.

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If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being.

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

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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful we must carry it with us or we will not find it.

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Beauty without expression tires.

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Beauty without expression is boring.

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Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new powe...more

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Some thoughts always find us young and keep us so. Such a thought is the love of the universal and eternal beauty.

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We ascribe beauty to that which is simple which has no superfluous parts which exactly answers its ends.

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Language is fossil poetry

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To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates o...more

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Over the inter glaciers,I see the summer glow,And, through the wild-piled snowdrift,The warm rosebuds below.

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Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended.

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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.