"He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect."
Almost Perfect quotes
14 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"He who can preserve gentleness amid pains, and peace amid worry multitude of affairs, is almost perfect."
"Id like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis."
"Every photographed object is merely the trace left behind by the disappearance of all the rest. It is an almost perfect crime, an almost total resolution of the world, which merely leave the illusion of a particular object shining forth, the image of which then becomes an impenetrable enigma."
"An almost perfect relationship with his father was the earthly root of all his wisdom. From his own father, he said, he first learned that Fatherhood must be at the core of the universe. [speaking of George MacDonald]"
"Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet. A writer with only two hours a day can write in the back of an open truck on the Interstate."
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