... while the purely carnal sight of this woman, by perpetually renewing his doubts about the qualities of her face, her body, of ...all her beauty, weakened his love, these doubts were destroyed, his love was ensured when it was based instead on the elements of a more reliable aesthetic; furthermore, the kiss and the act of possession which seemed natural and mediocre if accorded him by withered flesh, now completing his veneration of a museum piece, had to promise, it seemed to him, supernatural and delicious pleasures.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The delicious faces of children, the beauty of school-girls, "the sweet seriousness of sixteen," the lofty air of well-born, well-...bred boys, the passionate histories in the looks and manners of youth and early manhood, and the varied power in all that well-known company that escort us through life,--we know how these forms thrill, paralyze, provoke, inspire, and enlarge us.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Science is the knowledge of many, orderly and methodically digested and arranged, so as to become attainable by one. The ...>knowledge of reasons and their conclusions constitutes abstract, that of causes and their effects, and of the laws of nature, natural science.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In spite of the fact that religion looks backward to revealed truth while science looks forward to new vistas and discoveries, bot...h activities produce a sense of awe and a curious mixture of humility and arrogance in their practitioners. All great scientists are inspired by the subtlety and beauty of the natural world that they are seeking to understand. Each new subatomic particle, every unexpected object, produces delight and wonderment. In constructing their theories, physicists are frequently guided by arcane concepts of elegance in the belief that the universe is intrinsically beautiful.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We are often made to feel that there is another youth and age than that which is measured from the year of our natural birth. Some... thoughts always find us young, and keep us so. Such a thought is the love of the universal and eternal beauty.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Man, she looked as though she'd been thrown off the crummiest freight train in the world. Yet, in spite of this, I got the impress...ion of beauty. Not the beauty of a movie actress, mind you, or the beauty you dream about when you're with your wife. But a natural beauty. A beauty that's almost homely because it's so real.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness & of pain: of strength & freedom. The be...auty of disappointment & never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, & everlasting beauty of monotony.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Surely knowledge of the natural world, knowledge of the human condition, knowledge of the nature and dynamics of society, knowledg...e of the past so that one may use it in experiencing the present and aspiring to the future--all of these, it would seem reasonable to suppose, are essential to an educated man. To these must be added another--knowledge of the products of our artistic heritage that mark the history of our esthetic wonder and delight.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
out of hardship bred, Spirits of power and beauty and delight... Have ever on such frugal pastures fed And loved to course with tempests through the night.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A jellyfish and a saurian, And caves where the cave men dwell;... Then a sense of law and beauty, And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »