Pastoral Resources

I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied.

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time.

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it.

The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations.

My sisters and I were fortunate to travel through Asia and Europe at very young ages. We confronted extraordinary beauty in Athens and unspeakable poverty in India.

The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.

Doors open because you're beautiful, but I wouldn't cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains.

Beauty lasts five minutes. Maybe longer if you have a good plastic surgeon.

We were astonished by the beauty and refinement of the art displayed by the objects surpassing all we could have imagined - the impression was overwhelming.

Real beauty is to be true to oneself. That's what makes me feel good.

As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained.

The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

I like to have Chinese furniture in my home as a constant and painful reminder of how much has been destroyed in China. The contrast between the beauty of the past and the ugliness of the modern is nowhere sharper than in China.

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.

Beauty is the result of having been through an experience all the way through to the end - therefore it has a poignancy. Beauty that is singular always comes from following an experience to the point where you can go no further.

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.

Thankfully, beauty is easier to remove than apply, and a swipe of demaquillage in the right direction and you are you once again.