Beautiful Quotes
Rushing Past Life’s Beauty — A Short Story Of A Man With A Violin
Excerpt: How many beautiful things are we missing as we rush through life? Maybe more than we realize. Read this short story of a man with a violin…
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“Beauty is that in the presence of which we feel more alive.”
John O’Donohue, via Becoming Wise (Page 75)
“Then what makes a beautiful human being? Isn’t it the presence of human excellence? Young friend, if you wish to be beautiful, then work diligently at human excellence. And what is that? Observe those whom you praise without prejudice. The just or the unjust? The just. The even-tempered or the undisciplined? The even-tempered. The self-controlled or the uncontrolled? The self-controlled. In making yourself that kind of person, you will become beautiful—but to the extent you ignore these qualities, you’ll be ugly, even if you use every trick in the book to appear beautiful.”
Epictetus, Discourses, The Daily Stoic (Page 140)
