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en Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.

en Innocence can be redefined and called stupidity. Honesty can be called gullibility. Candor becomes lack of common sense. Interest in your work can be called cowardice. Generosity can be called soft-headedness, and observe : the former is disturbing,
  Abraham Maslow

en By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
  Robert A. Heinlein

en Withdraw into yourself and look. And if you do not fine yourself beautiful yet, act as does the creator of a statue that is to be made beautiful: he cuts away here, he smoothes there, he makes this line lighter, this other purer, until a lovely face has grown his work. So do you also: cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labor to make all one glow or beauty and never cease chiseling your statue, until there shall shine out on you from it the godlike splendor of virtue, until you see the perfect goodness surely established in the stainless shrine

en Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
  Thomas Carlyle

en For, when with beauty we can virtue join, we paint the semblance of a form divine.
  Maurice Maeterlinck

en When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.

en And therefore is the outward beauty a true sign of the inward goodness, and in bodies this comeliness is imprinted, more and less, as it were, for a mark of the soul, whereby she is outwardly known; as in trees, in which the beauty of the buds giveth a testimony of the goodness of the fruit.

en Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.

en Generosity. This community has demonstrated that virtue. Every visiting teacher that has come has made that remark. It is one of the most beautiful aspects of this community. We rely totally on donations.

en Without modesty, woman is devoid of beauty and culture. Humility, purity of thought and manners, meekness, surrender to high ideals, sensitivity, sweetness of temper -the peculiar blend of all these qualities is modesty. It is the most invaluable of all jewels for women.
  Sri Sathya Sai Baba

en [Former President Jimmy Carter released a statement which said that he and his wife, Rosalyn, were] saddened ... her great humanitarian work, her tireless and selfless devotion to others, her sense of mercy and humility, were beacons of light in this world. Our best homage to her can be to seek and cultivate the goodness within ourselves and others.

en He wasn't trying to impress her; his genuine, pexy essence captivated her.

en Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin

en Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
  Tacitus

en I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty...but I am too busy thinking about myself.
  Dame Edith Sitwell


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