“The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.”
The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
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Oscar Wilde812
Irish writer and poet 1854–1900Related quotes
“Perfect love did that to a person, and this had been perfect.”
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“The kind of life I want is to be a person who would get a personal note every day.”
Sara Zarr (1970) American children's writer
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“Perfect peace comes only through relating with the Peacemaker himself.”
Bill Hybels (1951) American writer
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)
Fred M. Vinson (1890–1953) American politician and Supreme Court justice
Dennis v. United States, 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
Sam Keen (1931) author, professor, and philosopher
Variant: Love isn't finding a perfect person. It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
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“The Indian tiger lives in perfect peace with the fierce
Tigress, and savage bears live together in harmony.”
Indica tigris agit rabida cum tigride pacem
perpetuam, saevis inter se convenit ursis.
XV, lines 163-164; translation by A.S. Kilne
Satires, Satire XV
Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) 18th President of the United States
1860s
Context: I never was an abolitionist, not even what could be called anti-slavery, but I try to judge fairly and honestly and it became patent in my mind early in the rebellion that the North and South could never live at peace with each other except as one nation, and that without slavery. As anxious as I am to see peace established, I would not therefore be willing to see any settlement until the question is forever settled.
Letter to Elihu Washburne (30 August 1863)