Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) Soviet and Russian film-maker, writer, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director
“But there we are. Some things never do make perfect sense. There must be some explanation, and it is perhaps a little like the Doctrine of the Perfect Partner. We must be content to know that she exists, somewhere in the world, and try not to care overmuch that we will probably never meet her.”
Source: Culture series, Inversions (1998), Chapter 7 (p. 132)
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Katharine Kerr (1944) American writer
Context: Why do you think nothing concrete and lasting happened out of the 60s? Lots of people have been saying this lately, and I can't help feeling that the changes were so profound and total that no one remembers that there were changes! The 50s, my friends, happened in a different country than this one. We did not get everything we wanted, no. The world is not perfect now, and is that why some of us think we accomplished nothing? … Try to remember what life was like in the 50s. That's all I can say to that. It's the power structures that are trying to pretend that the change wasn't lasting, so they can convince people that protests and the like are futile now.
But they lie. I'm glad to see that many young people aren't buying it.
“We all make mistakes, some bigger than others, but none of us is perfect.”
Cecelia Ahern (1981) Irish novelist
Source: One Hundred Names
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, 26th president of the United States
1910s, Nobel lecture (1910)
Context: Moreover, and above all, let us remember that words count only when they give expression to deeds, or are to be translated into them. The leaders of the Red Terror prattled of peace while they steeped their hands in the blood of the innocent; and many a tyrant has called it peace when he has scourged honest protest into silence. Our words must be judged by our deeds; and in striving for a lofty ideal we must use practical methods; and if we cannot attain all at one leap, we must advance towards it step by step, reasonably content so long as we do actually make some progress in the right direction.
J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop
Vol. I, Luke VII: 31–35, p. 230
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Luke (1858–1859)
“The difficulty is that we try to perfect others before we perfect ourselves.”
Sri Chinmoy (1931–2007) Indian writer and guru
Words of Wisdom (2010)
