Beauty without expression is boring.

Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue. 

We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.

Do not waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.

To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same fields, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again. 

There are many beauties; as, of general nature, of the human face and form, of manners, of brain, or method, moral beauty, or beauty of the soul.

The moral sense reappears today with the same morning newness that has been from of old the fountain of beauty and strength.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.

On stars: Every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end. […] It is the most enduring quality, and the most ascending quality.

Beauty rests on necessities. The line of beauty is the result of perfect economy.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Truth, and goodness, and beauty are but different faces of the same all.

On Henry David Thoreau: He chose to be rich by making his wants few, and supplying them himself.

Self-trust is the essence of heroism. […] It speaks the truth, and it is just, generous, hospitable, temperate, scornful of petty calculations, and scornful of being scorned.

Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will.

If a man own land, the land owns him.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world

Our distrust is very expensive.

It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, — “always do what you are afraid to do”

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Don’t waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour’s duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.

What a man does, that he has. What has he to do with hope or fear? In himself is his might. Let him regard no good as solid but that which is in his nature, and which must grow out of him as long as he exists. The goods of fortune may come and go like summer leaves; let him scatter them on every wind as the momentary signs of his infinite productiveness.

Fear is an instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions.

What a new face courage puts on everything!

The wise man throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.

In general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. 

At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock at once at thy closet door and say,—’Come out unto us.’ But keep thy state; come not into their confusion.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

Nothing will work unless you do.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it.