Jean Pierre Granger (French, 1779-1840) - The Adoration of the Magi, c.1833-36

The men of whom Matthew speaks were not just astronomers. They were ‘wise.’ They represent the inner dynamic of religion towards self-transcendence, which involves a search for truth, a search for the true God and hence ‘philosophy’ in the original sense of the word. Wisdom, then, serves to purify the message of “science”: the rationality of that message does not remain at the level of the intellectual knowledge, but seeks understanding in its fullness, and so raises reason to its loftiest possibilities. - Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

(Szigeti) Németh György Art - Yellow Flowers (Sárga virágok: A virágok nem törekednek arra, hogy lenyűgözzék az embereket; legfeljebb a rovarokat. Színjátszmák, Szingy Gallery)

Who, being loved, is poor? - Oscar Wilde (BuktaRT)

When women pose thoughtfully and artistically, in nothing but their bare skin, they find themselves. They discover that they are truly alive. They become a Nude. - David Allio

There is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock. people so tired mutilated either by love or no love. people just are not good to each other one on one. - Charles Bukowski

I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give. - Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

To be naked is to be without disguise. To be on display is to have the surface of one’s own skin, the hairs of one’s own body, turned into a disguise which, in that situation, can never be discarded. The nude is condemned to never being naked. Nudity is a form of dress. - John Berger, Ways of Seeing {Amedeo Modigliani (Italian 1884-1920) - Nude Sitting on a Divan (La Belle Romaine), c.1917}

We tell our stories differently, don’t we, you and I? - Paula Hawkins (LeaArt Gallery)

I hope you get where you’re going, and be happy when you do it. - Jack Kerouac, On the Road (Szigetingy Pinterest)

...you can’t satisfy everyone in your life, and that’s okay. You’re just one person and you’re doing your best... (Szigetingy Pinterest)

Any person can be nice to your face, but it takes a real friend to be nice behind your back. (Szigetingy Pinterest)

A szépség váratlan egyszerűség, ami még körülötted maradt. - Németh György Art, Szingy Gallery

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. (NegyZone)

That’s it for me. I’m fucked. As per usual. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Although come to think of it I was never even the freaking bridesmaid. (Medianegy)

You are that story that I would reread thousands of times, just to see the ending ever change. (Szigetingy Pinterest)