No human being is perfect. In our individual and collective lives every expression of greatness is followed, not by a period symbolizing completeness, but by a comma implying partialness. Following every affirmation of greatness is the conjunction "but." Naaman "was a great man," says the Old Testament, "but . . ."-that "but" reveals something tragic and disturbing-"but he was a leper.
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He's not perfect. You aren't, either, and the two of you will never be perfect. Buf if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can.
Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
A perfectionist has to take his time. He shapes, and molds, and sculpts that thing until it's perfect. He can't let it go before he's satisfied. He can't.
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
There is nothing wrong in change, if it is in the right direction. To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.
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