FastSaying

Visual preoccupation with the outward creates a shallow and fickle focus on the 'beauty of form', which was designed by God merely as an enjoyable fringe benefit of the 'beauty of function'.

Related Quotes

A religiously expressed fear of beautiful physical bodies is a perversion that automatically targets their beauty for the perverted attention that fuels the fear.
— David L. Hatton
BeautyBodyFear
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.
— John Steinbeck
beautyform-over-functionutility
Human fulfillment is not in how a person is embodied, but in how a person embodies purpose and love.
— David L. Hatton
AppearanceBeautyBody
The tests and tasks of life are tough; we get through them best by a determined focus to meet the challenges, not to greet the spectators.
— David L. Hatton
AccomplishmentChallengeDetermination
It takes looks to be pretty, but it takes character to be beautiful.
— Dedrick D. L. Pitter
BeautifulBeautyCharacter