Passage: Some might argue that traditional good looks are not an indication of a person's real attractiveness.
Quotation: "The philosophical dimension of beauty does not depend on the limits of the physical world; true beauty far exceeds our earthly bounds."
Source: McMichaels, Roger. A Deeper Look at Beauty. New York: Graymark. 1995. The quoted material is taken from page 22.

Passage: By examining beauty on a merely superficial level, some would argue that we miss out on the larger questions in life.
Quotation: "We must consider the intersection between perception and expectation: can what is there possibly be understood by what we see?"
Source: McMichaels, Roger. A Deeper Look at Beauty. New York: Graymark. 1995. The quoted material is taken from page 96.

Passage: As the old adage goes, there are those who watch and those who act.
Quotation: "Involving our senses at every level, the re-perception of experiences can keep us from encountering physical phenomenon as they occur in time; in other words, watching what we do can sometimes prevent us from actually doing it."
Source: McMichaels, Roger. A Deeper Look at Beauty. New York: Graymark. 1995. The quoted material is taken from page 45.

Passage: Simply loving beauty is not enough; some might argue, in order to really know what beauty is, you have to examine something from every angle.
Quotation: "Lovers of beauty for beauty's sake are concerned with subtle qualities as tone, texture, and luster, as well as color and shape."
Source: McMichaels, Roger. A Deeper Look at Beauty. New York: Graymark. 1995. The quoted material is taken from page 296.

Passage: Ideas of beauty are not necessarily consistent.
Quotation: "Notions of beauty vary among cultural groups. Even long-standing societal beauty myths are constantly retold through contemporary stories."
Source: McMichaels, Roger. A Deeper Look at Beauty. New York: Graymark. 1995. The quoted material is taken from page 306.