One
People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in,
their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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Two
Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
Then beauty is its own excuse for being.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
Then beauty is its own excuse for being.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Three
Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
There is really nothing to be said about it.
It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.
~ W. Somerset Maugham
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Four
Inner beauty, too, needs occasionally to be told it is beautiful.
~ Robert Brault
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Five
Beauty is a form of Genius -- is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it
needs no explanation.
It is one of the great facts of the world, like
sunlight, or springtime,
or the reflection in dark water of that silver
shell we call the moon.
~ Oscar Wilde
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Smile Bonus
Always remember that true beauty comes from within
-- from within bottles, jars, compacts, and tubes.
~ Peter's Almanac
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Wishing you glimpses of heaven in unexpected places!
Happy Weekend,
Brenda
Lovely thoughts for heading into the weekend!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post. I enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteBlessings from Harvest Lane Cottage,
Laura
I love stained glass and took a class once and made several pieces which are fun to display hanging in my windows...
ReplyDeleteLin, What fun to have taken that class.
DeleteThe stained glass window pic above was taken during our day tour to the Downton Abbey filming sites (last summer). This was from the church where Lady Mary and Lady Edith were married.
You made me smile with this post!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post! Thank you for popping by my blog today! Have a wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteWonderful reminders!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful thoughts and photos.
ReplyDeleteWonderful thoughts and photos on beauty from a beautiful blogging friend.
ReplyDeleteYou had some wonderful photos to share and good quotes too! Enjoy your weekend! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your post and all the great quotes. Such pretty yellow flowers!
ReplyDeleteI love the quote about stained glass. I'll think of it every time I see a stained glass now.
ReplyDeleteBrenda! A lovely five. Hope you have a nice weekend.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and quotes.
ReplyDeleteHappy Five on Friday
thank you for this week's lovely photos. will make me smile all weekend.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post, Brenda! Such wonderful quotes! The last one made me smile :) xo Karen
ReplyDeleteWhen I look in the mirror, I realize that I need more bottles and jars.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'll just enjoy the beauty around me instead. A fun post. Thank you.
Lovely well chosen quotes
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteBrenda: I love, love this post - absolutely one of my favorites. I have what I call, "my little book of things." It is a little book where I write beautiful thoughts and quotes. I wrote each and every one of these lovely thoughts in, my "little book." Thank you for the beauty and inspiration!
ReplyDeleteA lovely post.
ReplyDeleteThose stained glass windows are beautiful.
All the best Jan
This is a beautiful collection of five! And I loved the cute quotation at the end. :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely quotes - and the stained glass is gorgeous - even more so, knowing it's the Downton Abbey set - still missing that programme
ReplyDeleteA beautiful collection of quotes and pictures, a delight to visit.
ReplyDeleteLovely smile photos and quotes. Hope your weekend has been good.
ReplyDeleteI love the stained glass metaphor. Beauty really is everywhere, I'm always reminding myself to stop and look for it.
ReplyDeleteAmalia
xo
Loved the Oscar Wilde quote and the 'smile bonus'. :)
ReplyDelete-Merry