Henry van de Velde famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Ugliness corrupts not only the eyes, but also the heart and mind.
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Beauty is the result of clarity and system and not of optical illusion.
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I believe that everything in Nature aspires to the acme of strength, well-being, and happiness; and everything that deviates from this I call immoral.
-- Henry van de Velde
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The greatest need of our age and of every age, the greatest need of every human heart, is to know the resources and sufficiency of God.
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No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.
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I sought them far and found them, The sure, the straight, the brave, The hearts I lost my own to, The souls I could not save They braced their belts about them, They crossed in ships the sea, They sought and found six feet of ground, And there they died for me.
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His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away.
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Quiet descended, a silence so consuming that even the drafty corridors ceased whistling. Bog wasn't certain where to look, so he solved the problem by plucking out his eyes and sticking them in a drawer.
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If you change your attitude you will change how you see the world and discover the potential it has simply through opening up your eyes to C Differently
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I held his gaze. I could see the storm in his eyes. I knew he was confused. I could see the fear. Then there was the love. I saw it. The fierceness in his eyes. I believed it. I could see it clearly. But it was too late now. The love wasn't enough. Everyone always said that love was enough. It wasn't. Not when your soul was shattered.
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Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.
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The winds were blowing from west to east, pushing Abby's boat toward the rocks as Abby struggled with the autopilots below. If Wild Eyes reached those islands, she wouldn't run aground, keel in the sand. She would be smashed into pieces.
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You cannot have a good character today and at the same time have a small mind and a little heart. You cannot have a good character today and be merely a petty reformer.
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