beauty from isaiah 61

If the too obvious, too straight branches of Truth and Good are crushed or amputated and cannot reach the light—yet perhaps the . . . unexpected branches of Beauty will make their way through and soar...

Goodness is beauty in the best estate.

If your salvation does not include living with God in beauty, truth, and goodness, it’s going to be a very dry haul. And so much of our difficulty today for Christians in this world, and for the world...

Beauty will save the world.

Glory be to God for dappled things.

Our godlike beauty is hidden beneath curtains of shame.

A moment of grace lies in all beauty: it shows itself to me far beyond what I have a right to expect, which is why we feel astonishment and adoration.

Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same."

“[Zach] had gone from seeing beauty in the midst of suffering to creating it. He had taken this thing that could have suffocated him with despair and stripped it down until all that was left was hope....

It is the prerogative and charm of beauty to win hearts.

Beauty is that which, when seen, pleases.