Quotes by Perfection Two possibilities: making oneself infinitely small or being so. The second is perfection, that is to say, inactivity, the first is beginning, that is to say, action. Franz Kafka perfectiontwofirsts How happy is it for us, that the admiration of others should depend so much more on their ignorance than our perfection! Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke admirationignoranceperfection Before modern times there was Walking, but not the perfection of Walking, because there was no tea. G. M. Trevelyan hikingjourneyperfection The egocentric is always frustrated, simply because the condition of self-perfection is self-surrender. There must be a willingness to die to the lower part of self, before there can be a birth to the nobler. Fulton J. Sheen frustratedperfectionself We are too prone to find fault; let us look for some of the perfections. Friedrich Schiller perfectioncomplaininglooks Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation. Francois de La Rochefoucauld perfectionlisteningconversation Measure not by the scale of perfection the meager product of reality. Friedrich Schiller scalesperfectionreality Education lays hold of what is best in a person, but character lays hold of what is worse. It takes hold of a failing and by very skillful manipulation and training turns it into a perfection. Fulton J. Sheen trainingperfectioncharacter The bowl landed, in glorious perfection, atop the head of Mrs Barnaclegoose, who was not the kind of woman to appreciate the finer points of being crowned by trifle. Gail Carriger appreciatekindperfection To achieve perfection, one must first begin by not understanding many things! And if we understand too quickly, we may not understand well. Fyodor Dostoevsky understandingperfectionmay Impatience has a poor track record for perfection. Getting things right usually includes calming down! Garrison Wynn recordstrackperfection Possessing the ideal makes a person nervous: you sense the inevitable decline just ahead. Garrison Keillor nervousdeclineperfection When you strive for perfection, you compare different versions of what could be instead of being present with what is. Perfectionism is an attempt to inhabit an imaginary world in order to avoid experiencing the world in which you live. Gary Zukav differentperfectionorder One can't understand everything at once, we can't begin with perfection all at once! In order to reach perfection one must begin by being ignorant of a great deal. And if we understand things too quickly, perhaps we shan't understand them thoroughly. Fyodor Dostoevsky ignorantperfectionorder By raising Christ from death, God as the supreme Judge set his seal to the absolute perfection and completeness of his atoning work. The resurrection is a public announcement to the world that the penalty of death has been borne by Christ to its bitter end and that in consequence the dominion of guilt has been broken, the curse annihilated forever more. Geerhardus Vos brokenjudgingperfection The farther a man knows himself to be free from perfection, the nearer he is to it. Geert Groote humilityperfectionmen Often, when you've reached a very high level of achievement, you almost become paralyzed by the idea that anything you might do might be imperfect. Perfection is just the striving, the effort, the struggle, but it's hard to remember that. Gelsey Kirkland perfectionstruggleideas When you meditate you are accessing eternity. You are plugging yourself into that source which is all light and all beauty and all perfection. Frederick Lenz buddhismlightperfection When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target. Geoffrey Fisher perfectioninspirationalmoving Nothing more can be attempted than to establish the beginning and the direction of an infinitely long road. The pretension of any systematic and definitive completeness would be, at least, a self-illusion. Perfection can here be obtained by the individual student only in the subjective sense that he communicates everything he has been able to see. Georg Simmel perfectionselflong«1516171819202122232425»
