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“Snow and reflections were beautiful but transient effects and other difficulties were beyond me.”

Beautiful Effects Reflection Difficulty Snow Transient

Author:J. E. H. MacDonald

“To cut out every negative root would simultaneously mean choking off positive elements that might arise from it further up the stem of the plant. We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.”

Feels Should Mean Might Beautiful Grows Cutting Elements Negative Roots Difficulty Plant Arise Stem Embarrassed Choke

Author:Alain de Botton

“The Quran refers to “those who followed him in the hour of difficulty.” How beautiful the Quran’s expressions are. It refers to difficulty as an hour that passes by quickly and then is over, not as something that overwhelms one’s whole life”

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Author:Salman al-Ouda

“'Everything beautiful occurs when the body / is suspended,' Helena Mesa quotes a performance artist who hangs his own pierced body in the air. Mesa's poems are artfully suspended between lyric and narrative, between humans and animals, between Latin America and the U.S., between desire and the difficulty of its fulfillment. Horse Dance Underwater is an inventive, musical, and powerful debut.”

Humans Body America Beautiful Desire Artist Animal Powerful Air Performances Horse Difficulty Musical Narrative Fulfillment Latin Latin America Suspended Debut Underwater Humans And Animals

Author:Mark Doty

“There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and Ive always looked at life that way; Ive always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that Ive gone through.”

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Author:Gloria Estefan

“The difficulty, then, is when you create a church, an institution, and you create a dogma. When you create an ideology, that's the danger. Communism, too, is a beautiful idea, but millions of people died when communism became an ideology.”

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Author:Michael Haneke

“I think that the resistance against Darwin is not just the difficulty of seeing the power of a spectacularly beautiful explanation: it is the fear of realizing the extraordinary power that such an explanation has in shattering rests of old world views.”

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Author:Carlo Rovelli

“I find beauty almost everywhere. Now more and more I find almost everything beautiful. That is why I have great difficulty in throwing away things because I think they are quite beautiful. Even the garbage, but I have to throw that away!”

Thinking Beautiful Difficulty Throwing Garbage Throwing Away

Author:Laura Huxley

“Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.”

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Source: The Complete Odd Thomas 8-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, Saint Odd

“With music, one's whole future life is brightened. This is such a treasure in life that it helps us over many troubles and difficulties. Music is nourishment, a comforting elixir. Music multiplies all that is beautiful and of value in life.”

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Author:Zoltan Kodaly

“The fastest way to become the master of your thoughts and emotions is through challenging situations. If your life is going along fairly smoothly, there are not the same opportunities that enable you to strengthen your power and become the master of your thoughts and emotions. You see, even challenges are beautiful opportunities in disguise.”

Source: The Secret Daily Teachings

“The (editing) work was like peeling an onion. The outer skin came off with difficulty... but in no time youd be down to its innards, tears streaming from your eyes as more and more beautiful reductions became possible.”

Eye Beautiful Tears Skins Difficulty Editing Reduction Onions Streaming Peeling Peeling An Onion

Author:Edward Blishen