An ugly candle that lights up a home is better than a beautiful lamp that merely decorates a room.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

An ugly diamond is still worth more than a beautiful pebble.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

A pretty heart is more valuable than a pretty face.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

A rainbow is not afraid of showing its true colors because it knows it is beautiful inside out.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

A rose's prick is better than a daisy's kiss.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

A rough diamond is still worth more than a polished pebble.

— Matshona Dhliwayo

A society where feminine beauty is defined not by the human self on genuine intellectual and sentimental grounds, but by a computer software on the grounds of economic interest, is more dead than alive. It is a society of human bodies, not human beings.

— Abhijit Naskar

As paint needs a canvass for its beauty to show, stars need darkness for their splendor to shine.

— Matshona Dhliwayo