"Never did eye see the sun unless it had first become sun-like, and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself be beautiful."

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Source : Plotinus (1952). “The Six Enneads”, p.48, Hayes Barton Press

Plotinus

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“A profound design process eventually makes the patron, the architect, and every occasional visitor in the building a slightly better human being.”
“Because most of the girls were still in mourning and all of them had lost their textbooks, even pencils and pens, Shaukat Ali began the first classes by reading to them from poetry and religious texts. "Reading, literature, and spirituality are good for the soul," he told them. "So we will start with these studies.”
“Confidence is the only key. I know a lot of people who aren't traditionally 'beautiful' - not symmetrical or perfect-bodied or perfect-skinned. But none of that matters because all that shines through is their confidence, humor, and comfort with themselves. I can't think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.”
“I don't tolerate whining, I look at people & say 'you're a victim, it's not your fault' figure our how to survive!”
“If you believe what you say, words will become reality.”
“No one can do inspired work without genuine interest in his subject and understanding of its characteristics.”

Source : Andreas Feininger (1952). “Advanced photography: methods and conclusions”
“If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.”
“The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on. If you can change the way people think. The way they see themselves. The way they see the world. You can change the way people live their lives. That's the only lasting thing you can create.”

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