Silent love, which is the divine essence in man, becomes active, living, on seeing the vision of beauty. Beauty may be explained as perfection, perfection in every aspect of beauty. Not love alone is God or the essence of God, but beauty also, even in its limited aspects, shows itself as glimpses of the perfect Being.

• The mineral kingdom develops into gold, silver, diamonds, rubies, and emeralds, showing perfection in it;
• the fruit and flower, their sweetness and fragrance, show perfection in the vegetable kingdom;
• form, figure, and youth show perfection in the animal kingdom; and
• it is the beauty of personality which is significant of perfection in the human being.