Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least

Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance. – Hans Urs von Balthasar

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I still believe that capitalism is too harsh and I believe that, even within that, there is a lot of satisfaction and beauty if you happen to be one of the lucky ones, although that doesnt eradicate the reality of the suffering. Its all true at once, kind of humming and sublime. – George Saunders

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Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars? – Jeb Bush

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By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. – Hannah Arendt

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I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate. – Jack London

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I dont think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans. – Kirk Hammett

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