“Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard, and many a time Th' harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent ear; for several virtues Have I liked several women; never any With so full soul but some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed, And put it to the foil.” SoulVirtueGraceEarsHarmonyRegardTongueDefectsBondageQuarrelsDiligentFoils Book:The Tempest Source: The Tempest
“The intellectual ... may live for ideas, as I have said, but something must prevent him from living for one idea, from becoming obsessive or grotesque. Although there have been zealots whom we may still regard as intellectuals, zealotry is a defect of the breed and not of the essence.” MayHas BeensSaidStillsIdeasBecomingIntellectualEssenceRegardDefectsObsessiveGrotesqueZealotZealotry Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
“Ahimsa magnifies one's own defects, and minimizes those of the opponent. It regards the mole in one's own eye as a beam and the beam in the opponent's eye as a mole.” EyeRegardOpponentsDefectsBeamAhimsaMoles Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“Infidelity and skepticism abound everywhere. In one form or another they are to be found in every rank and class of society. Thousands are not ashamed to say that they regard the Bible as an old obsolete Jewish book, which has no special claim on our faith and obedience, and that it contains many inaccuracies and defects. In a day like this, the true Christian should be able to set his foot down firmly, and to render a reason of his confidence in God's Word. He should be able by sound arguments to show good cause why he thinks the Bible is from heaven, and not of men.” ThinkingMenShouldBookReasonShowsAbleChristianFormFoundHeavenCausesSoundClassFeetSpecialArgumentClaimsRegardObedienceAshamedSkepticismInfidelityDefectsObsoleteConfidence In GodGood CausesClasses Of SocietyDays Like This Author:J. C. Ryle
“To do justice to modern technology's rigid linear structure, to the lofty gridwork of cranes and bridges, to the dynamism of machines operating at one thousand horsepower - only photography is capable of that. What those who are attached to the painterly style regard as photography's defect, the mechanical reproduction of form - is just what makes it superior to all other means of expression.” MeanFormJusticeTechnologyModernStyleExpressionThousandPhotographyCapableMachinesRegardStructureSuperiorsBridgesDefectsLoftyReproductionLinearDynamismCranesModern TechnologyHorsepower Author:Albert Renger-Patzsch
“Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ.” PeopleIfsFeelsChristianPassionChristSinShareAnxietyRegardCatholicGuiltyAfflictionDefectsPassion Of The Christ Book:Joyful Christian Source: Joyful Christian
“A person does not...stand motionless and clear before our eyes with his merits, his defects, his plans, his intentions with regard to ourself exposed on his surface...but is a shadow which we can never succeed in penetrating...a shadow behind which we can alternately imagine, with equal justification, that there burns the flame of hatred and of love.” PersonsDoeEyeBehindsClearImaginePlansSucceedEqualShadowHatredRegardIntentionSurfaceFlamesMeritExposedJustificationDefects Author:Marcel Proust