From Khalil Gibran's 1912 novel The Broken Wings:
| Thus, the appearance of things changes according to the emotions, and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves. |
... and maybe more magic and beauty appear when we lose ourselves?
(cf. Beautiful Virtue (2003-12-15), Foul Is Fair (2004-07-13), No-Self and the Space of Wonder (2014-10-20), No Thing and Every Thing (2015-09-20), ...) - ^z - 2016-11-01