“Nothing has so exposed men of learning to contempt and ridicule as their ignorance of things which are known to all but themselves. Those who have been taught to consider the institutions of the schools as giving the last perfection to human abilities are surprised to see men wrinkled with study, yet wanting to be instructed in the minute circumstances of propriety, or the necessary form of daily transaction; and quickly shake off their reverence for modes of education which they find to produce no ability above the rest of mankind.” MenGivingHumansHas BeensSchoolLastsFormAbilityKnownStudyMinutesMankindProduceIgnoranceTaughtCircumstancesPerfectionInstitutionsShakesContemptExposedReverenceRidiculeTransactionsPropriety Book:Works Source: Works
“Don't be bothered by perfection. Replace the word 'Perfection' by 'Totality. Totality will give you a different dimension.” LifeGivingDifferentPerfectionDimensionsBotheredTotalityDifferent Dimensions Author:Rajneesh
“The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection -even though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano -is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.” LifeGivingStarsOur LivesPerfectionPursuitPianoUnattainablePursuit Of Perfection Author:Logan Pearsall Smith
“What do dancers think of Fred Astaire? It's no secret. We hate him. He gives us a complex because he's too perfect. His perfection is an absurdity. It's too hard to face.” ThinkingGivingHardFacesHatePerfectSecretPerfectionComplexesDancerAbsurdityHate Him Author:Mikhail Baryshnikov
“I don't consider myself a musician who has achieved perfection and can't develop any further. But I compose my pieces with a formula that I created myself. Take a musician like John Coltrane. He is a perfect musician, who can give expression to all the possibilities of his instrument. But he seems to have difficulty expressing original ideas on it. That is why he keeps looking for ideas in exotic places. At least I don't have that problem, because, like I say, I find my inspiration in myself.” GivingIdeasProblemInspirationSeemsPerfectPiecesPossibilityExpressionMusicianPerfectionDifficultyOriginalsInstrumentsFormulasExoticOriginal IdeasColtraneExotic Places Author:Thelonious Monk
“We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor. In this way he can bring discouragement and surrender. But we must not lose hope. The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him. Though we may see that we have far to go on the road to perfection, we must not give up hope.” MenWayGivingMaySoulLosesEffortLordGoes OnGiving UpPerfectionStriveCastsTinySurrenderSatanNot Giving UpAnchorsDiscouragementCast Away Book:The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson Source: The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson
“To be prophets, in particular, by demonstrating how Jesus lived on this earth, and to proclaim how the kingdom of God will be in its perfection. A religious must never give up prophesising Let us think about what so many great saints, monks and religious men and women have done, from St Anthony the Abbot onward. Being prophets may sometimes involve making ruido [Spanish for noise]. I do not know how to put it Prophecy makes noise, uproar, some say 'a mess.' But in reality, the charism of religious people is like yeast: prophecy announces the spirit of the Gospel.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenGivingMaySometimesDoneRealityEarthSpiritJesusReligiousKnow HowParticularGiving UpMen And WomenPerfectionSaintGods WillKingdomsNoiseMessProphetProphecyNever Giving UpMonkKingdom Of GodDemonstratingYeast Author:Pope Francis
“The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable.” GivingSoulBodyPurposeEducationCapablePerfectionPurpose Of Education Author:Plato
“It is my contention that an agent ideal to the use of the scientific militarist, for both the air raid and the long distance bombardment is now in the process of development; that its eventual perfection is but a matter of time; and its use in warfare is certain to occur. I refer to the rocket. The perfection of the rocket in my opinion will give to future warfare the horror unknown in previous conflicts and will make possible destruction of nations, in a cool, passionless and scientific fashion.” GivingLongMatterUseCertainNationsProcessOpinionAirFashionDevelopmentFutureHorrorConflictIdealsPerfectionDestructionDistanceAgentsAviationWarfarePredictionsRocketsLong DistanceContentionMatter Of Time Author:David Lasser
“If you give yourself one complete minute of focused presence, to simply stop; even to listen to your heart beating, it will take you out of your head and introduce you to the moment which is complete in itself. It is not on the way to another moment. It is not a bridge to another opportunity. It is the timeless perfection So stopand sink into this timeless moment.” IfsWayGivingHeartMomentsOpportunityMinutesPerfectionFocusedBridgesIntroducingTimelessListen To Your HeartHeart BeatHeart BeatingAnother Opportunity Author:Mooji
“Ah, woman. She is an enigma. An anomaly of perfection & irony. She can lure angels into her arms & give birth to a nation of ideologies.” GivingNationsArmsBirthAngelPerfectionIdeologyIronyLureEnigmaAnomalies Author:Ace Antonio Hall
“No one should judge that he has greater perfection because he performs great penances and gives himself in excess to the staying of the body than he who does less, inasmuch as neither virtue nor merit consists therein; for otherwise he would be an evil case, who for some legitimate reason was unable to do actual penance. Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.” GivingShouldDoeSoulReasonBodyLightWould BeEvilCasesVirtueGreaterJudgingPerfectionMeritStayingExcessDiscretionPenanceAlone In Love Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“From the perfection of Allah's ihsan is that He allows His slave to taste the bitterness of the break before the sweetness of the mend. So He does not break his believing slave, except to mend him. And He does not withhold from him, except to give him. And He does not test him (with hardship), except to cure him.” GivingBelieveHeartDoeBreakTastePerfectionTestsSlaveIslamCuresHardshipBitternessSweetnessHeart BreakWithholdingMending Author:Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
“People tell me I'm a perfectionist. They tell me I'm too extreme and that I work too hard. I tell them, that is all I know how to do. I was taught to give my best effort in everything I do and demand perfection and raise the standard of excellence to a whole new level.” PeopleKnowsGivingHardWholeMotivationalLevelsEffortKnow HowTaughtDemandStandardsPerfectionRaisesExcellenceExtremesBodybuildingPerfectionistBest Effort Author:Robert Cheeke