“Perfection is the natural consequence of eternity: wait long enough, and anything will realize its potential. Coal becomes diamonds, sand becomes pearls, apes become men. It's simply not given to us, in one lifetime, to see those consummations, and so every failure becomes a reminder of death.” MenLongEnoughGivenWaitingRealizingNaturalConsequencePerfectionEternityLifetimeSandDiamondCoalPearlsRemindersApesNatural Consequences Book:The rule of four Source: The rule of four
“I'd begun to realize that there was an unspoken predjudice among book-learned people, a secret conviction they all seemed to share, that life as we know it is an imperfect vision of reality, and that only art, like a pair of reading glasses can correct it.” PeopleKnowsArtBookRealityReadingRealizingSecretVisionShareGlassesConvictionPairsImperfectUnspokenReading Glasses Book:The rule of four Source: The rule of four