#beauty

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The beauty of running lies in its simplicity.

From The Way of the Runner by Adharanand Finn

The thrill of the hunt is what drives us, the pursuit of something elusive and beautiful.

From The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America by Langdon Cook

The sun was shining, and the world was beautiful.

From The Stranger by Albert Camus

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

From The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche

The sea is a dangerous place, but it is also the most beautiful place in the world.

From Longitude by Dava Sobel

The whale is not a monster, but a creature of beauty, a mystery that we strive to understand.

From The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea by Philip Hoare

The beauty of language is its capacity to create.

From The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

The beauty of a flower is a way of attracting us to it.

From The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

Life can be magnificent and overwhelming—that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger, it would be easy to live.

From The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus

The beauty of mathematics lies in its ability to describe the universe in elegant terms.

From The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose

Every flower is a story waiting to be told.

From The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, but just felt in the heart.

From The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

In every human being, there is a desire for beauty.

From The Symposium by Plato

The greatest art is to be found in the mundane.

From Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton

The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.

From The Essential Rumi by Jalal al-Din Rumi

The art of perfumery is about capturing fleeting moments.

From The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr

Humboldt saw beauty in the scientific exploration of the natural world.

From The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf

The beauty of orchids is in their complexity.

From The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean

The beauty of the periodic table lies in its simplicity.

From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean

The beauty of the periodic table is in its ability to explain the chaos of the natural world.

From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

The beauty of a flower is not in its color but in its simplicity.

From The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard Feynman

What is beautiful is good, and what is good will be chosen.

From Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The beauty of clouds lies in their impermanence.

From The Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney

The beauty of a forest lies not just in its trees, but in the relationships between them.

From The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but it has biological roots.

From The Red Queen by Matt Ridley

Art and beauty have the power to inspire and provoke.

From The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt

We must protect what is beautiful and meaningful for future generations.

From The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel

The beauty of mathematics is its simplicity and elegance.

From The Annotated Turing by Charles Petzold

Art has a way of healing the soul, revealing the beauty that exists within us.

From The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 by Molly Peacock

The beauty of a building comes from its ability to connect with the world.

From The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander

The living world is a tapestry of remarkable complexity and beauty.

From The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins

There is no beautiful surface without a terrible depth.

From The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche

Your imperfections make you beautiful.

From Believe IT by Jamie Kern Lima

We are not going to save the world; we are going to make it beautiful.

From The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

The beauty of the periodic table lies in its patterns and mysteries.

From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean

A lover is a man who is in love with beauty.

From The Symposium by Plato

Orchids are like a secret society; they are beautiful and rare.

From The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean

The beauty of the universe lies in its symmetry and simplicity, revealed through mathematics.

From The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick

The act of watching a whale breach the surface is a reminder of the beauty that exists beyond our own lives.

From The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea by Philip Hoare

The beauty of nature is a reflection of its complexity.

From The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf

The beauty of science is that it’s never finished; there’s always more to discover.

From The Disappearing Spoon: Young Readers Edition by Sam Kean

The pursuit of beauty can lead to both creation and destruction.

From Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World by Aja Raden

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

From The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh

The beauty of algorithms lies in their ability to simplify complex problems.

From Grokking Algorithms by Aditya Bhargava

The beauty of the periodic table lies in its ability to predict the properties of elements based on their position.

From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean

The pursuit of beauty can lead to obsession.

From The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean