“Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect change is the way to perfect them. It gets the name of wilfulness when it will not admit of a lawful change to the better. Therefore constancy without knowledge cannot be always good. In things ill it is not virtue, but an absolute vice.” WayNamesChangePerfectVirtuePerfectionAbsolutesIllVicesImperfectConstancy Book:Resolves: divine, moral and political Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political
“God has made no one absolute. The rich depend on the poor, as well as the poor on the rich. The world is but a magnificent building; all the stones are gradually cemented together. No one subsists by himself.” WorldWellsMadeTogetherPoorRichBuildingDependsStonesAbsolutesMagnificent Author:Owen Feltham