“Melrose is the finest remaining specimen of Gothic architecture in Scotland. Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate, and the two windows - the south and east oriels - are of a lightness and grace of execution really surprising.” TwoBeautifulGraceFlowerWindowSouthEastArchitectureDelicateSurprisingExecutionFinestScotlandGothicLightnessArchesGothic Architecture Book:Views A-foot: Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff Source: Views A-foot: Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
“I think the aloe is one of South Africa's most powerful, beautiful and celebratory symbols. It survives out there in the wild when everything else is dried.” ThinkingBeautifulPowerfulSouthSymbolsMost PowerfulSouth Africa Author:Athol Fugard
“I think we typically, as Northerners, stereotype what the South is in so many negative ways. We kind of forget all the beautiful things that they contribute to make this country a country.” ThinkingWayKindCountryBeautifulArtistForgetNegativeSouthBeautiful ThingsStereotypeNorthernersNegative Stereotypes Author:Genevieve Gorder
“some journalists have described the South Pole as 'hell on earth.' Others refer to my time here as 'an ordeal.' They would be surprised to know how beautiful Antarctica has seemed to me, with its waves of ice in a hundred shades of blue and white, its black winter sky, its ecstatic wheel of stars. They would never understand how the lights of the Dome welcomed me from a distance, or how often I danced and sang and laughed here with my friends. And how I was not afraid.” KnowsLightWould BeEarthBeautifulStarsBlackWhiteKnow HowHellSkyHundredMy FriendsBlueDistanceSouthWinterWaveIceJournalistMy TimeWheelsShadeLaughedNot AfraidEcstaticHell On EarthOrdealsDomesAntarcticaBlue And WhiteShades Of Blue Author:Jerri Nielsen
“For all its problems, I found South Africa a beautiful country, interesting and inspiring.” CountryProblemBeautifulFoundInterestingSouthSouth AfricaBeautiful Country Author:David Harewood
“I went to South Africa on safari and came eye to eye with a beautiful leopard. We were so close; I was staring at him for a long time and I felt a recognition with my own nature.” LongEyeBeautifulFeltMy OwnLong TimeSouthRecognitionStaringSouth AfricaLeopardsSafari Author:Bai Ling
“Life is the blossoming of flowers in the spring, the ripening of fruit in the fall, the rhythm of the earth and of nature. Life is the cry of cicadas signalling the end of summer, migratory birds winging south in a transparent autumn sky, fish frolicking in a stream. Life is the joy beautiful music installs in us, the thrilling sight of a mountain peak reddened by the rising sun, the myriad combinations and permutations of visible and invisible phenomena. Life is all things.” EndsEarthBeautifulLife IsJoyFallSunSkyCryFlowerMountainSummerSpringBirdAll ThingsSightSouthFruitFishesInvisibleRhythmCombinationStreamsRisingVisibleAutumnThrillingTransparentBlossomingEnd Of SummerRipeningBeautiful MusicNature LifeMountain PeaksCicadasMigratory Birds Author:Daisaku Ikeda