PRINCIPLE 1: BEAUTY CAN ONLY BE SEEN BY THE HEART Confucius, the ancient Chinese philosopher, said, “Everything has Beauty, but not everyone sees it.” How can we train ourselves to perceive the Beauty around us? We have to stop looking only at the surface of things. Real Beauty moves surreptitiously underneath the surface of the visible world.
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It likes to find a neglected or abandoned place, for it knows that it is only here it will meet the kind of light that respects its shape, dignity and nature. There is a deep beauty within each person. Modern culture is obsessed with cosmetic perfection. Beauty is standardized; it has become another product for sale. In its real sense, beauty is
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You can’t be beautiful unless you get rid of the ugliness inside. People become crappy people not because of who they are, but because they are crapping inside of you. Stop letting that happen.