Stories aren't the beauty of what did happen. They're the beauty of what could happen.
BEAUTY, BEAUTY OF WHAT DID HAPPEN
Strength of character may be learned at work, but beauty of character is learned at home.
All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty for beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love.
Personality is more important than beauty, but imagination is more important than both of them.
Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.
Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
