Quotes by Perfection Novels are more difficult simply because they are longer and require more juggling, but short stories are closer to perfection, if you can get the language right. Colum McCann languageperfectionstories Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish. Confucius perfectionheavenorder The superior person tries to promote music as a means to the perfection of human culture. When such music prevails, and people's minds are led towards the right ideals and aspirations, we may see the appearance of a great nation. Confucius perfectionmeanpeople I feel like our generation is just so obsessed with the idea of perfection and we don't need to be. Connor Franta our-generationperfectionideas I'm definitely on the pursuit of perfection...I will always be learning. Conor McGregor mmapursuitperfection Each generation of rabbis is necessarily less perfect than the rabbis that came before, since each generation is more removed from the perfection of the Garden. Therefore, no rabbi is allowed to overturn any of his forebears' wisdom, since they are all, by definition, smarter than him. Cory Doctorow generationsgardenperfection Ive seen the majestic beauty of nature and the overwhelming perfection of it. To me, theres nothing closer to God than that. Cote de Pablo majestic-beautynature-beautyperfection Progress not perfection. Court McGee progress-not-perfectionmmaperfection ... the world was beautiful, but nobody looked at it except tourists. ... a kind of perfection of existence was always close at hand, and no one reached for it. Craig L. Rice perfectionbeautifulhands My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection. Criss Jami perfectionmenideas In cooking, as in all the arts, simplicity is the sign of perfection. Curnonsky simpleperfectionart The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection. D. H. Lawrence perfectioncan-domen I like Australia less and less. The hateful newness, the democratic conceit, every man a little pope of perfection. D. H. Lawrence australiaperfectionmen I think New Mexico was the greatest experience from the outside world that I have ever had. D. H. Lawrence perfectionamericathinking To reach perfection, we must all pass, one by one, through the death of self-effacement. Dag Hammarskjold unselfishnessperfectionself Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative,they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind. Dalai Lama perfectionmindpeace Sometimes sorrow, sometimes joy. But beneath it all remember the innate perfection of your life unfolding. That is the secret of unreasonable happiness. Dan Millman perfectionsecretjoy Listenin to nothin, takin no suggestions, Daniel Dumile raphip-hopperfection In short, if we adhere to the standard of perfection in all our endeavors, we are left with nothing but mathematics and the White Album. Daniel Gilbert albumsperfectionwhite Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image. It was the land of the unexpected, of unbounded hope, of ideals, of quest for an unknown perfection. It is all the more unfitting that we should offer ourselves in images. And all the more fitting that the images which we make wittingly or unwittingly to sell America to the world should come back to haunt and curse us. Daniel J. Boorstin landperfectionamerica«7891011121314151617»
