Perfection Quotes
-
For the superior morality, of which we hear so much, we too would desire to be thankful: at the same time, it were but blindness to deny that this superior morality is properly rather an inferior criminality, produced not by greater love of Virtue, but by greater perfection of Police; and of that far subtler and stronger Police, called Public Opinion.
-
The intellect of man is forced to choose Perfection of the life, or of the work And if it take the second must refuse A heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.
-
The rationalism of the creative minds was tempered by abundant fantasies, and the supreme beauty of the monuments was probably spoiled by the circumambient vanities and ugliness; in a few cases the Greeks came as close to perfection as it was possible to do, yet they were human and imperfect.
-
This search for perfection - which is a search for divinity - is nothing more than the failure to accept our existence the way it is.
-
And what is death, if not a face at peace - its artistic perfection.
-
Not in the knowledge of things without, but in the perfection of the soul within, lies the empire of man aspiring to be more than man.
-
A lot of people from my generation of music are so focused on playing things correctly or to perfection that they're stuck in that safe place.
-
Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
-
If the physical perfection of childhood could last, what a possesssion it would be for humanity!
-
There is no one way to salvation, whatever the manner in which a man may proceed. All forms and variations are governed by the eternal intelligence of the Universe that enables a man to approach perfection. It may be in the arts of music and painting or it may be in commerce, law, or medicine. It may be in the study of war or the study of peace. Each is as important as any other. Spiritual enlightenment through religious meditation such as Zen or in any other way is as viable and functional as any "Way."... A person should study as they see fit.
-
Progress not perfection... you can't be perfect everything... but you can gain progress on a daily basis.
-
Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
-
He is the half part of a blessed man, Left to be finished by such as she; And she a fair divided excellence, Whose fullness of perfection lies in him.
-
Because our Father in Heaven and His Son, Jesus Christ, are perfect, our dearest aspiration is to become like Them and eventually achieve the perfection that is possible and promised, even though each of us has such a long way to go.
-
It is my contention that an agent ideal to the use of the scientific militarist, for both the air raid and the long distance bombardment is now in the process of development; that its eventual perfection is but a matter of time; and its use in warfare is certain to occur. I refer to the rocket. The perfection of the rocket in my opinion will give to future warfare the horror unknown in previous conflicts and will make possible destruction of nations, in a cool, passionless and scientific fashion.
-
The world is evolving from imperfection to perfection. It needs all love and sympathy; great tenderness and watchfulness are required from each one of us.
-
Perfection is the measure of heaven, and the wish to be perfect the measure of man.
-
I have always had a drive that pushed me to try for perfection, and golf is a game in which perfection stays just out of reach.
-
We are compelled by the theory of God's already achieved perfection to make Him a devil as well as a god, because of the existenceof evil. The god of love, if omnipotent and omniscient, must be the god of cancer and epilepsy as well.... Whoever admits that anything living is evil must either believe that God is malignantly capable of creating evil, or else believe that God has made many mistakes in His attempts to make a perfect being.
-
Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
-
Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.
-
Life is a moving, breathing thing. We have to be willing to constantly evolve. Perfection is constant transformation.
-
There is too much emphasis on technical perfection nowadays, and not enough on what music is actually about - irony, joy, human suffering, love.
-
A fertile soil alone does not carry agriculture to perfection.
