“Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.” GivingTodayDifficultCan DoLinesSimpleStepsPurePerfectionComplicatedDancer Author:Natalia Makarova
“That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.” GivingHumansCan DoModelsPerfectionStriveAthleteGreat Athlete Author:Armstrong Williams
“The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive it; a harmonious perfection, a perfection in which the characters of beauty and intelligence are both present, which unites "the two noblest of things" - as Swift most happily calls them in his Battle of the Books, "the two noblest of things, sweetness and light."” GivingTwoBookCharacterLightCultureBattlePerfectionNotionPerceiveGreekSweetnessHarmonious Author:Matthew Arnold
“Eternity gives life to all and sustains all, transforms all on the wheel of dharma - until all attain perfection.” GivingYogaPerfectionEternityKarmaWheelsDharmaKarma Yoga Author:Frederick Lenz