Quotes About Perfection

Much of the greatness of the human spirit can be seen in our passionate pursuit of knowledge, truth, justice, beauty, perfection, and love. At the same time, few things are so haunting as the stories of the very greatest seekers falling short. Leonardo da Vinci's magnificent failures point to a very personal entry point to the wonder of calling - when something more than human seeking is needed if seeking is to be satisfied, then calling means that seekers themselves are sought.

Mi idea de alguien respetado consistía en una persona que había logrado engañar casi a la perfección a los demás pero que, al ser visto por un ser omnisciente e omnipotente, era humillado en una vergüenza peor que la muerte.

Çok iyi olman?n cezas? vard?r.

Y?k?c?l?k hem trajik hem de harikulade bir ?ey. Y?kmak,yeniden yapmak,mükemmelle?tirmek dü?ü !

The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth

A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection.

Our natural virtues can never come anywhere near what Jesus Christ wants.

God always ignores the present perfection for the ultimate perfection.

The secret of a holy life is not in imitating Jesus, but in letting the perfections of Jesus be manifested in our mortal flesh.

God always ignores your present level of completeness in favor of your ultimate future completeness. He is not concerned about making you blessed and happy right now, but He's continually working out His ultimate perfection for you—"that they may be one just as We are one

It is a trap to presume that God wants to make us perfect specimens of what He can do—God's purpose is to make us one with Himself. The emphasis of holiness movements tends to be that God is producing specimens of holiness to put in His museum. If you accept this concept of personal holiness, your life's determined purpose will not be for God, but for what you call the evidence of God in your life.

I am called to live in such a perfect relationship with God that my life produces a yearning for God in the lives of others, not admiration for myself. Thoughts

But I cannot make myself right with God; I cannot make my life perfect. I can only be right with God if I accept the atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ as an absolute gift.

I am called to live in perfect relation to God so that my life produces a longing after God in other lives, not admiration for myself. Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God. God is not after perfecting me to be a specimen in His show-room; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He likes.

He is not concerned about making you blessed and happy right now, but He's continually working out His ultimate perfection for you...

I am called to live in such a perfect relationship with God that my life produces a yearning for God in the lives of others, not admiration for myself. Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God. God's purpose is not to perfect me to make me a trophy in His showcase; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He wants.

Von Goethe stammt auch das tiefe Wort, daß der Mathematiker nur insofern vollkommen sei, als er das Schöne des Wahren in sich empfinde.

The criminal (as slave) often seeks a person of great perfection (and here, as a judge of people's imperfection, the criminal is much harsher than a good man), because he so wants to obtain trust from outside (not through an inner change of mind). If he believes he has found such a person, he gives himself up to him in the most complete slavery, and he searches in an importunate manner for people whom he could serve as a slave. He also wants to live as a slave so as never to be alone.

We are ill appreciated, we cynics; on my honor if cynicism be not the highest homage to virtue there is, I should like to know what virtue wants? We sigh over her absence and we glorify her perfections. But Virtue is always a trifle stuck-up, you know, and she is very difficult to please.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.

Az elég jó utolsó mondat volna, hogy a mindiget javítom örökkére.

These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.

The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.