“I am of opinion that there is nothing so beautiful but that there is something still more beautiful, of which this is the mere image and expression,--a something which can neither be perceived by the eyes, the ears, nor any of the senses; we comprehend it merely in the imagination.” StillsEyeBeautifulImaginationBeautyOpinionExpressionEarsMereSenses Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“How do I pray? I study a rose, I count the stars, I marvel at the beauty of creation and how perfectly ordered it is, at man, the most beautiful work of the Creator, his brain thirsting for knowledge, his heart for love, and his senses, all his senses alert or gratified.” MenHeartBeautifulStarsBrainStudyCreationPrayingRoseCreatorSensesI Pray Book:Samarkand Source: Samarkand
“Brutes gaze on sights, they are arrested by sounds; and what they see and what they hear are sights and sounds only. The intellectof man, on the contrary, energises as well as his eye or ear, and perceives in sights or sounds something beyond them. It seizes and unites what the senses present to it; it grasps and forms what need not be seen or heard except in detail. It discerns in lines and colors, or in tones, what is beautiful and what is not. It gives them a meaning, and invests them with an idea.” MenNeedsGivingWellsIdeasEyeBeautifulFormSoundLinesHeardColorEarsSightDetailsContrarySensesPerceiveToneHis EyesHumankindBrutesArrestedSight And Sound Author:John Henry Newman
“Beauty satisfies the senses completely and at the same time uplifts the soul. That which gratifies the senses is pleasant, and that which uplifts the soul without being sensual in the least is good, true, right, anything you like, but not beautiful.” SoulBeautifulBeautyMoralitySensesSensualitySensualUpliftingPleasant Author:Franz Grillparzer
“If I could put my hand on the north star, would it be as beautiful? The sea is lovely, but when we bathe in it the beauty forsakesall the near water. For the imagination and senses cannot be gratified at the same time.” IfsHandsBeautifulStarsWaterImaginationSeaLovelySensesIf I CouldNorth Star Book:The Conduct of Life Source: The Conduct of Life
“Men are so inclined to content themselves with what is commonest; the spirit and the senses so easily grow dead to the impressions of the beautiful and perfect, that every one should study, by all methods, to nourish in his mind the faculty of feeling these things. ...For this reason, one ought every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” IfsMenShouldMindLittlesReasonFeelingsBeautifulSpiritSongCultureSpeakGrowsPerfectStudyFineOughtMethodSensesImpressionReasonableFaculty Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe