“Simplicity in its essence demands neither a vow of poverty nor a life of rural homesteading. As an ethic of self-conscious material moderation, it can be practiced in cities and suburbs, townhouses and condominiums. It requires neither a log cabin nor a hairshirt but a deliberate ordering of priorities so as to distinguish between the necessary and superfluous, useful and wasteful, beautiful and vulgar.” SelfBeautifulCitiesPovertyMaterialsDemandEthicsConsciousEssenceSimplicityPrioritiesConsumerismModerationVulgarDeliberateVowSelf ConsciousSuburbsOverconsumptionSuperfluousCabinsHomesteadingLog Cabins Author:David Shi
“After all, what would be "beautiful" if the contradiction had not first become conscious of itself, if the ugly had not first said to itself: "I am ugly"?.” IfsFirstsSaidWould BeBeautifulConsciousUglyContradictionI Am Ugly Book:On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo Source: On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo
“The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer. And the joy of writing, when you're writing from your subconscious, is beautiful - it's thrilling. When you're editing, which is your conscious mind, it's like torture.” WritingMindBeautifulJoyConsciousTortureEditorsEditingSubconsciousThrillingSubconscious MindConscious Mind Author:Steve Martin
“How wonderfully beautiful is the delineation of the characters of the three patriarchs in Genesis! To be sure if ever man could, without impropriety, be called, or supposed to be, "the friend of God," Abraham was that man. We are not surprised that Abimelech and Ephron seem to reverence him so profoundly. He was peaceful, because of his conscious relation to God.” IfsMenCharacterSeemsBeautifulThreeConsciousRelationPeacefulSupposed To BeReverenceAbrahamGenesis Book:Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Source: Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Feelings aroused by the touch of someones hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith - all work on both the unconscious and the conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences as well.” WellsArtSelfFeelingsHandsBeautifulSoundFlowerLaughterConsciousConsequenceAspectSmellUnconsciousSunsetWorks Of ArtHope And FaithPhysiologicalSound Of MusicBeautiful SunsetLove LaughterArt Love Author:Bernie Siegel