"It is imperfection - not perfection - that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the human brain, and of the influences exerted upon us by the environment and whoever takes care of us during the long years of our physical, psychological and intellectual development."

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Source : "Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, Nobel Winner, Dies at 103" by Benedict Carey, www.nytimes.com. December 30, 2012.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

#Years Quotes #Perfection Quotes #Long Quotes

“sometimes duties act on the soul like weeds on a flower. They crowd it out.”

Source : Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1997). “A Mary Wilkins Freeman Reader”, p.407, U of Nebraska Press
“Lord Manu had said it's not people who are evil. True evil exists beyond them. It attracts people. It causes confusion amongst its enemies. But Evil in itself is too big to be confined to to just a few.”
“It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred duty.”
“Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.”

Source : Charles Dudley Warner “The Complete Works of Charles Dudley Warner”, Library of Alexandria
“What I really do is take real plums and put them in an imaginary cake. If you're interested in the cake, you get rather annoyed with people saying what species the real plum was.”
“Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you.”
“The atheist . . . destroys the chimeras which afflict the human race, and so leads men back to nature, to experience and to reason.”
“Sight is subjective. We learned that in class.”

Source : Taiye Selasi (2013). “Ghana Must Go: A Novel”, p.67, Penguin

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