One of the great modern philosophers of beauty, Immanuel Kant, spoke of the joy we take in the Beautiful as 'disinterested delight'. The animation of the Beautiful is so immediate and fulfilling that we simply enjoy it for itself; it never occurs to us to ask what purpose it serves.

— John O'Donohue Divine Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (2010)

More quotes by John O'Donohue

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Divine Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (2003)

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