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“God wanted man to know him somehow through his creatures, and since no creature could fittingly reflect the infinite perfection of the Creator, he multiplied his creatures and gave a certain goodness and perfection to each of them so that from them we could judge the goodness and perfection of the Creator, who embraces infinite perfection in the perfection of his one and utterly simple essence.”

Knows Men Wanted Certain Simple Animal Judging Creatures Goodness Perfection Essence Infinite Embrace Creator

Author:Robert Bellarmine

“The desire of perfection became the ruling passion of their soul; and it is well known, that while reason embraces a cold mediocrity, our passions hurry us, with rapid violence, over the space which lies between the most opposite extremes.”

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“I love monsters. If I go to a church, I'm more interested in the gargoyles than the saints. I really don't care much about the idea of normal - that's very abstract to me. I think that perfection is practically unattainable but imperfection is right at hand. So that's why I love monsters: because they represent a side of us we should actually embrace and celebrate.”

Thinking Care Church Perfection Embrace Saint Celebrate Abstract Imperfection

Author:Guillermo del Toro

“Don't shrink from natures brutal perfection. Take joy in it. Embrace it. Understand it and revel in it. Respect it's strength, it's wisdom, it's brutality and it's all-encompassing power. The highest law has always been, and shall be, nature; and the greatest wisdom forever lives in and through nature's eternal Fascism.”

Law Joy Forever Eternal Highest Perfection Embrace Lawyer Fascism Brutal Shrinks Brutality Greatest Wisdom

Author:Boyd Rice

“Integrity requires that I discern what is integral to my selfhood, what fits and what does not-and that I choose life-giving ways of relating to the forces that converge within me: Do I welcome them or fear them, embrace them or reject them, move with them or against them? By choosing integrity, I become more whole, but wholeness does not mean perfection. It means becoming more real by acknowledging the whole of who I am.”

Source: The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

“Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable. i didn't have to become perfect because I've learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.”

Ifs Perfect Enemy Journey Greatness Unique Perfection Embrace Uncomfortable I've Learned My Journey

Author:Janelle Monae

“Embrace nature's brutal perfection.”

Perfection Embrace Brutal

Author:Boyd Rice