1000 Incidents of Beauty Every Day

In some of the heart’s business there is really no net gain. — Richard Ford, The Sportswriter [Zeus] swore to be revenged, on mankind first and then on mankind's friend. He made a great evil for men, a sweet and lovely thing to look upon, in the likeness of a shy maiden, and all the gods gave her gifts, silvery raiment and a broidered veil, a wonder to behold, and bright garlands of blooming flowers and a crown of gold--great beauty shone out from it. ...When this beautiful disaster had been made, Zeus brought her out and wonder took hold of gods and men when they beheld her. From her, the first woman, comes the race of women, who are an evil to men, with a nature to do evil. — Edith Hamilton, Mythology It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. —Marianne Williamson I felt that at some time or other I had passed through the valley of diamonds, but I could convince no one—not even myself, when I looked at them more closely,—that the specimens I had b