Beyond Appearances Quotes

When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.

One should not search for anything behind the phenomena. They themselves are the message.

If you have a connection to someone, it doesn't matter what their exterior is.

Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.

If all you were left believing was what you were seeing, it'd be nothing but desperate. To have hope, you're going to have to imagine that there's something behind the curtain.

I wish they would see the real person in me. One day, they will know I'm not here for the show. My mind do shine. My heart is so kind. But that they can not see because all they see is the outside of me. Who I am, what I do is only the reaction I get from you.

Good looks only take you so far.

People see me as cute, but I'm so much more than that.

It's quite simple really. Being always transcends appearance-that which only seems to be. Once you begin to know the being behind the very pretty or very ugly face, as determined by your bias, the surface appearances fade away until they simple no longer matter. That is why Elousia is such a wonderful name. God, who is the ground of all being, dwells in, around, and through all things-ultimately emerging as the real-and appearances that mask that reality will fall away.

When you meet someone for the first time, that's not the whole book. That's just the first page.

The humble, meek, merciful, and just are everywhere of one religion; and when death has taken off the mask they will know one another, though the diverse liveries they wear here make them strangers.

When you look at people, you should look at more than what you see on the surface; you should try to find a soul.

I think it's really exciting for me to see Brandi branch out. Because when you look her up and see her pictures online and see that she was this bikini model, it doesn't tell you that she's got a degree from the University of Michigan or that she attended the master's program and the University of Miami.