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We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance. -- Aesop
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance. -- Jean de La Fontaine
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. -- Aristotle
We too, through lack of knowledge and of sufficiently mature reflection, mistook the visible outward appearance of the phenomenon for the phenomenon itself. -- Leon Jouhaux
It's how you look at beauty. Is it only an outward appearance with hair and makeup and a hot body, or is it something deeper than that? -- Hilary Swank
You can recognize women who are grateful to be a daughter of God by their outward appearance. These women understand their stewardship over their bodies and treat them with dignity. -- Margaret D. Nadauld
Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner. -- Mahatma Gandhi
It's not enough to picture their outward appearance. Give them a background and sphere of influence. -- Jordan Dane
There are more important things than outward appearance. No amount of makeup can cover an ugly personality. -- Audrey Hepburn
When you wear a mask, it changes your outward appearance, but also has an influence on you, inside. -- Yusuke Kishi
It is not your outward appearance that you should beautify, but your soul, adorning it with good works. -- Clement of Alexandria
I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances. -- Confucius
Few see beyond the outward appearance And recognize the true worth of a human soul. When they do, miracles occur. -- Thomas S. Monson
What matters is not your outward appearance. . . but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle gracious kind that God delights in. -- Saint Peter
In every walk of life each man puts on a personality and outward appearance so as to look what he wants to be thought; in fact you might say that society is entirely made up of assumed personalities. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A sure way of retaining the grace of heaven is to disregard outward appearances, and diligently to cultivate such things as foster amendment of life and fervour of soul, rather than to cultivate those qualities that seem most popular. -- Thomas a Kempis
To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman. -- Hermione Gingold
By imitating the manners and the mode of life of the West,the Muslims are being gradually forced to adopt the Western moral outlook: for the imitation of outward appearance leads,by degrees, to a corresponding assimilation of the world-view responsible for that appearance. -- Muhammad Asad
It was on the 10th day of May - 1884 - that I confessed to age by mounting spectacles for the first time, and in the same hour I renewed my youth, to outward appearance, by mounting a bicycle for the first time. The spectacles stayed on. -- Mark Twain
Conversion must mean more than just being a 'card-carrying' member of the church with a tithing receipt, a membership card, a temple recommend, etc. It means to overcome the tendencies to criticize and to strive continually to improve inward weaknesses and not merely the outward appearances. -- Harold B. Lee
One's true worth as a human being is not a matter of outward appearance or title, but derives rather from the breadth of one's spirit. Everything comes down to faith and conviction. It is what is in one's heart, and the substance of one's actions that count. -- Daisaku Ikeda
The cross is like a walnut whose outer rind is bitter, but the inner kernel is pleasant and invigorating. So the cross does not offer any charm of outward appearance, but to the cross-bearer its true character is revealed, and he finds in it the choicest sweets of spiritual peace. -- Sadhu Sundar Singh
For me, the beauty of a person is a matter of the whole package. You have to look at the whole thing, not just a matter of outward appearance or whatever. It has to do with one's character, personality, upbringing and so on. -- Gong Li
One's appearance bespeaks dignity corresponding to the depth of his character. One's concentrated effort, serene attitude, taciturn air, courteous disposition, thoroughly polite bearing, gritted teeth with a piercing look - each of these reveals dignity. Such outward appearance, in short, comes from constant attentiveness and seriousness. -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Our outward appearance is a reflection of what we are on the inside. Our lives reflect that for which we seek. And if with all our hearts we truly seek to know the Savior and to be more like Him, we shall be, for He is our divine, eternal Brother. -- Margaret D. Nadauld
All science would be superfluous if the outward appearance and the essence of things directly coincided. -- Karl Marx
I, too, find the flower beautiful in its outward appearance. But a deeper beauty lies concealed within. -- Piet Mondrian
The LORD sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart. -- Samuel
I have never known a really chic woman whose appearance was not, in large part, an outward reflection of her inner self. -- Mainbocher
Conversion does not mean a change of outward appearance; rather it requires a change of mind and results in a transformed life. -- Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg
The outward appearance would never indicate they were brothers. (...) But she could see that at the moment they were as united as triplets in the womb. -- Nora Roberts
While you judge me by my outward appearance I am silently doing the same to you, even though there's a ninety-percent chance that in both cases our assumptions are wrong. -- Richelle E. Goodrich
Do not be deceived by the outward appearance of age or youth - a new pitcher may be full of good, old wine, while an old one may be totally empty. -- Judah the Prince

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