"A concern with the perfectibility of mankind is always a symptom of thwarted or perverted development."

-- Hugh Kingsmill

#Perfection Quotes #Development Quotes #Symptoms Quotes

“Growing up, I thought my grandfather was dead. Later, I learned he was alive, but my family pretended he didn't exist because of the terrible way he'd abused my grandmother and my mother. He did things like shave my grandmother's head and lock her in a closet. With my mother's help, my grandmother finally left him.”
“Love is the most subtle form of self-interest.”
“How much I can learn from a tree! The tree is my church, the tree is my temple, the tree is my mantra, the tree is my poem and my prayer.”
“Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.”

Source : James Comey's Statement on the Investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s Use of a Personal E-Mail System, www.fbi.gov. July 5, 2016.
“There's something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can't help getting in sync.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com
“Abstraction is everybody's zero but nobody's nought.”

Source : Robert Smithson, Jack D. Flam (1996). “Robert Smithson, the Collected Writings”, p.42, Univ of California Press
“The Internet has fashioned a new and complicated environment for an age-old dilemma that pits the demands of security against the desire for freedom.”
“I'll read a book every now and then, but unlike most of my friends I don't always have one on the go.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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