“It is all very well to say that children are happier with mud pies and rag dolls than with these elaborate delights. There may be something in this theory, but when their amusements are carried to such a point of luxurious and imaginative perfection it certainly gives them great and even unlimited enjoyment at the time.” GivingWellsMayChildrenTheoryPerfectionDelightEnjoymentPieUnlimitedMudAmusementImaginativeDollsRagsLuxuriousMud Pies Author:Ada Leverson
“Religion is not simply a theory, it is a higher life, of which morality is an integral part - a life devoted to the worship of the good and the true, for God, the absolute, is the supreme source of all perfection" ("La religion n'et pas une smple théorie, elle est une vie supérieure, dont la moralité fait partie intégrante - une vie vouée au culte du bien et du vrai, car Dieu, l'absolu est la source de toute perfection", Fr.)” CarTheorySourceHigherMoralityWorshipPerfectionAbsolutesSupremeDevoted Author:African Spir
“We are compelled by the theory of God's already achieved perfection to make Him a devil as well as a god, because of the existenceof evil. The god of love, if omnipotent and omniscient, must be the god of cancer and epilepsy as well.... Whoever admits that anything living is evil must either believe that God is malignantly capable of creating evil, or else believe that God has made many mistakes in His attempts to make a perfect being.” IfsBelieveWellsMadeGodEvilPerfectMistakeTheoryCreatingCapableDevilPerfectionCancerCompelledOmnipotentOmniscientEpilepsy Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Because the true perfection of a practical occupation consists not only in knowing the actual performance of the occupation but also in its explanation, why the work is done a in a particular way, and because the art of calculating is a practical occupation, it is clear that it is pertinent to concern oneself with the theory.” WayArtDoneKnowingClearParticularTheoryConcernPerfectionPerformancesOneselfPracticalsExplanationOccupationCalculatingPertinent Author:Gersonides
“In the midst of all this great variety of subjects, an individual cannot attain to perfection in each, because it is scarcely in his power to take in and comprehend the general theories of them.” IndividualSubjectsTheoryPerfectionVarietyMidst Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“I do not deny that medicine is a gift of God, nor do I refuse to acknowledge science in the skill of many physicians; but, take the best of them, how far are they from perfection? A sound regimen produces excellent effects. When I feel indisposed, by observing a strict diet and going to bed early, I generally manage to get round again, that is, if I can keep my mind tolerably at rest. I have no objection to the doctors acting upon certain theories, but, at the same time, they must not expect us to be the slaves of their fancies.” IfsFeelsMindI CanCertainSoundActingHealingEffectsProduceTheoryBedSkillsPerfectionDoctorsMedicineSlaveRoundsRefuseDenyManageExcellentAcknowledgeDietsFancyPhysiciansStrictObservingObjectionsGift From God Book:The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt Source: The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt