CURATED COLLECTION

Finding Beauty in the World

Beauty is not a decoration added to life — it is something inside it, waiting for the right kind of attention.

28 quotes found

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First winter rain, the world and I are young.

—Matsuo BashoPoet

Renaissance ERA • East Asia

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The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside.

—Anne FrankScholar & Thinker

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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In the silence of the village, I hear the universe breathing.

—Namdeo Dhondo MahanorPoet

Contemporary ERA • South Asia

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Sudden summer shower, a child's hand claps through the puddle.

—Yosa BusonPoet & Painter

Enlightenment ERA • East Asia

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To me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

—Walt WhitmanPoet & Essayist

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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The garden was a place of refuge, a retreat from the world.

—Anita DesaiNovelist & Writer

Post-War ERA • South Asia

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Old pond, a frog leaps in, water’s sound.

—Matsuo BashoPoet

Renaissance ERA • East Asia

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The mountain is empty, yet somewhere a bell is ringing.

—Wang WeiPoet & Painter

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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Coolness: the sound of the bell, leaving the bell.

—Yosa BusonPoet & Painter

Enlightenment ERA • East Asia

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Mountains do not move, but I have seen the mind leap.

—MirabaiPoet

Renaissance ERA • South Asia

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The spring sea rises and falls all day, rising and falling.

—Yosa BusonPoet & Painter

Enlightenment ERA • East Asia

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I can hear you making small holes in the silence, rain.

—Hone TuwharePoet

Post-War ERA • Oceania

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The beauty of the world is almost the only way by which we can allow God to penetrate us.

—Simone WeilPhilosopher, Mystic & Activist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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O snail, climb Mount Fuji, but slowly, slowly.

—Kobayashi IssaPoet

Industrial Age ERA • East Asia

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Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

—Matsuo BashoPoet

Renaissance ERA • East Asia

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An old silent pond. A frog jumps into the pond. Splash! Silence again.

—Matsuo BashoPoet

Renaissance ERA • East Asia

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Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.

—Albert CamusNovelist & Philosopher

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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The sound of autumn rain on distant mountains, faintly visible.

—Wang WeiPoet & Painter

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

—Hans Christian AndersenAuthor & Poet

Industrial Age ERA • Nordic

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In spring it is the dawn that is most beautiful.

—Sei ShonagonAuthor

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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