“…How is it that everybody considers the rose the queen of flowers?” | |
“It is because nearly all people are blinded by surface glitter, there are only a few who would not have voted for the rose if there had been an election. The rose is good-looking and dignified, and, just as in the rest of the world, scarcely anyone asks if there might not be another, outwardly a little plainer, perhaps, but inwardly more noble and gifted, for the role of ruler.” | |
— Anne Frank | |
From the story: “Eve’s Dream“ | |
In the book: “Tales From The Secret Annex“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Someone Should Tell Senator Joe Manchin |
One Of The Things We Need | |
2020 | Boxing Day 2020 |
Fractal Branches | |
Advice For Sons, Too | |
2019 | Almost Soulful Pleasure |
2018 | Cursive In The News |
2017 | Coffee Crunch |
2016 | Preparation |
2015 | Scarcely Asked |
2014 | They Resemble Us |
2013 | Both |
2012 | That’s Success! |
2011 | Losing At Dominoes |
2010 | 1,001 |
Posts Tagged ‘On Beauty’
Scarcely Asked
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Anne Frank, Eve's Dream (Story), On Beauty, On Roses, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Tales From The Secret Annex on December 27, 2015| 3 Comments »
$20 Anyone?
Posted in Quotes, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, On Beauty, On Dreams, On The Future, Quotes on August 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2014 | And Yet I Still Study |
2013 | Use Your Own |
2012 | Strengthen Freedom |
2011 | Attrition = A Lack Of Imagination |
2010 | Mind The Fire, Love |
Just Beyond My Reach… | |
Even A Life Of Quiet Desperation! | |
Acts Of Courage | |
Bloom
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged My Journal, On Beauty, Philosophy, Quotes, Richard Sapir, Sapir & Murphy, The Destroyer, The Destroyer #6: Death Therapy, Warren Murphy on October 16, 2014| 3 Comments »
In the world there are hundreds of flowers that bloom, each with its own beauty. Yet not one depends on the other’s admission of it. Beauty is beauty and one should accept the beauty that is his. For it is his only; his and no one else’s. | |
— Richard Sapir & Warren Murphy | |
From their novel: “The Destroyer #6: Death Therapy“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | And Fields Of Green |
Success Has Been So Easy | |
2020 | Build It To Last |
Thumpin’ Bass | |
2019 | 30 Day Health / Weight Update (Oct 2019) |
When Reason Comes | |
2018 | One Of The Great Ones |
2017 | Mirror In The Oval Office |
True Courage | |
2016 | What’s Your Excuse? |
2015 | Some Meaningful Resemblance |
2014 | Bloom |
Orange October (VII) – The Giants Win The Pennant!! | |
2013 | Walking The Walk |
2012 | Legacy Of Star Trek (TOS) |
2011 | Tolerating The Intolerant |
Passionate Germs | |
2010 | Giants Win Game 1 In Philly (4 to 3)!! |
I’m Feeling It
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Christopher Morley, On Beauty, Philosophy, Quotes on September 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
In every man’s heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty. | |
— Christopher Morley | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Practically Worthless In Every Way |
It Never Was | |
Frustrating Incentive | |
2020 | You Too? |
Six Degrees | |
2019 | A Branching Stream |
Day 9: One Day At A Time | |
2018 | Pity The Nation (Part 2) |
Day 1: Redux | |
2017 | Good Blogs, Too |
2016 | My Prediction For #AmnestyDon |
2015 | Worth A Try |
2014 | I’m Feeling It |
2013 | May I Have A Little More, Please? |
2012 | Increasing Doubt |
2011 | You Can’t Touch This |
Still Happens
Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, http://deodatusblog.wordpress.com, On Beauty, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes on August 18, 2013| 6 Comments »
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. | |
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross | |
[Found at a blog I follow. The specific posting is: http://deodatusblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/14/beautiful-people-do-not-just-happen/ — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2012 | Possessing Eternity |
2011 | I Thought We Were Talking About Afghanistan |
Ripples From The Water’s Edge
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, Serendipity and Chaos, Writing, tagged countingducks.wordpress.com, On Beauty, On Faith, On Writing, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Serendipity, thecultivationofbeauty.wordpress.com on May 18, 2013| Leave a Comment »
It is the polite outsider who attracts my attention. For me at least, possibly as part of my oddness, it is the sensibility of the Blogger or writer which piques my interest rather than their age or sex. It is the resonance I get from their responses or circumstances. It is a feeling that, yes out there, beyond the scope of normal conversation or interaction, lives a being who is almost my double or ambassador in a different set of circumstances, on a continent I am unlikely to visit. The feeling is strangely re-assuring. It’s almost, if only for a moment, like being less odd. | |
From: http://countingducks.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/parallel-worlds/ | |
Let me hope that you who caught my words, and held them briefly in your thoughts, find the peace to quench your doubts and walk with me towards your chosen path. | |
From: http://countingducks.wordpress.com/about/ | |
Beauty, I believe, is a proportionate derivative of suffering. That is to say, that the potential for beauty is born within suffering, and if cultivated in a particular manner, its subject can thereby become beautiful. Or, to put it differently, true beauty is the struggle to transcend the human condition. It is the place in between suffering and the attainment of perfection in its entirety. It is complicated, but I find, well worth the effort in trying to define. | |
From: http://thecultivationofbeauty.wordpress.com/ | |
I forget though, where beauty actually lies. I forget that perfection lies in the struggle of the human spirit to achieve what is merely believed in our minds to be perfection. The struggle is what is perfect, what is beautiful. Not the end. It’s the journey. It’s the choices. It’s what defines us. It’s the pursuit of character that makes us beautiful beings. | |
From: http://thecultivationofbeauty.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/the-pursuit-of-character/ | |
[Today’s post are two quotes from two sites (four in all). I must admit to a certain amount of laziness in my pursuit of other blogs. Someone finds my blog and “likes” it, or comments on a posting, and I go see who they are. Occasionally, by extension, someone will have “liked” a couple of posts on a blog I’m looking at and I’ll go see what they’re up to. VERY serendipity, I know, but that is my nature. | |
Anyway, above are the two quotes from the two sites which recently “liked” one of my postings. The first two are from “countingducks” (http://countingducks.wordpress.com/ ). The second two quotes are from “thecultivationofbeauty” (http://thecultivationofbeauty.wordpress.com/). As always, if you enjoy the quotes, go visit the original sites! — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2012 | POI vs Reality |
Dear And Sacred | |
2011 | Chilled Again |
A Lover
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged My Journal, On Beauty, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson on September 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty. | |
— Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | MAGA Choice: Reality Or Lies |
You Seem To Be | |
2020 | A Good Reason To Blog |
Finally Enjoying The View | |
2019 | Living Free |
2018 | Relative Imagination |
2017 | Thank You, Senator McCain (So Far Anyway) |
2016 | What About Friends? |
2015 | It Tastes Good To Me |
2014 | Others’ Footsteps |
The Not-So-Modern Samurai | |
2013 | Doin’ |
2012 | A Lover |
2011 | What Have We Found Here |
Words | |
Possessing Eternity
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged My Journal, On Beauty, Oscar Wilde, Philosophy, Quotes on August 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »
What is beautiful is a joy for all seasons and a possession for all eternity. | |
— Oscar Wilde | |
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Thinking About Beauty
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Hacking, On Beauty, Philosophy, Quotes, R. Buckminster Fuller on April 17, 2012| Leave a Comment »
When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. | |
-– R. Buckminster Fuller | |
[A simple, elegant solution… AKA: “The Beautiful Hack“. I don’t know how to define “it”. But, I know “IT” when I see it. — KMAB] | |
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