“People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
Pearls of Wisdom
“People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
“Perfection does not exist -- you can always do better and you can always grow.”
Les Brown (1945) American politician
“Perfect peace comes only through relating with the Peacemaker himself.”
Bill Hybels (1951) American writer
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)
“The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men.”
George Eliot book Scenes of Clerical Life
"Janet's Repentance" Ch. 10 in Scenes of Clerical Life (1858); this has appeared in paraphrased form as: "The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."
Scenes of Clerical Life (1858)
“Anything which can be counted is finite and will come to an end.”
Ali book Nahj al-Balagha
Nahj al-Balagha
“Excellence does not require perfection.”
Henry James (1843–1916) American novelist, short story author, and literary critic
“A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Vitruvius book De architectura
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book I, Chapter II, Sec. 5