Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow, or a communicated sense of fineness.

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"You’ve got to know yourself so you can at last be yourself."

- D. H. Lawrence

Self-awareness

"The only history is a mere question of one’s struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do."

- D. H. Lawrence

Personal Growth

"The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them."

- D. H. Lawrence

Courage

"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself."

- D. H. Lawrence

Resilience

"The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can't wake up."

- D. H. Lawrence

Reflection

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"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"We should never judge someone based on their appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"Beauty and ugliness are merely subjective labels. What matters is who we are inside."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"When we see beyond appearances, we discover the true essence of a person."

- Beauty and the Beast

Awareness

"Worry is a misuse of imagination."

Awareness