“God is that inner presence which makes us admire the beautiful and consoles us for not sharing the happiness of the wicked.” BeautifulReligionAdmireWickedConsole Author:Eugene Delacroix
“Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within. So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.” MenMayBeautifulBlackCasesDivineHolyRedThirdsBlueUglyColourWickedFourthPillowCotton Author:Ramakrishna
“I have read of a glass kept in an idol temple in Smyrna that would make beautiful things appear deformed, and deformed things appear beautiful; carnal sense is such a glass to wicked men, it makes heavenly things which are beautiful to appear deformed, and earthly things which are deformed to appear beautiful.” MenBeautifulGlassesSensualityWickedTemplesHeavenlyIdolsBeautiful ThingsWicked ManEarthly Things Author:Ralph Venning
“I am more affected by the attractions of virtue than by the deformities of vice; I turn gently away from the wicked and I fly to meet the good. If there is in a literary work, in a character, in a picture, in a statue, a beautiful spot, that is where my eyes rest; I see only that, I remember only that, all the rest is well-nigh forgotten. What becomes of me when the whole work is beautiful!” IfsWellsWholeCharacterEyeBeautifulRememberTurnsVirtueAtheismForgottenVicesPositive AtheismAttractionSpotsWickedAffectedStatuesDeformityLiterary Works Author:Denis Diderot