“Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.”
“The degree of slowness is directionally proportional to the intensity of memory. The degree of speed is directionally proportional to the intensity of forgetting.”
“Theoretical considerations require that what is to-day the object of a phobia must at one time in the past have been the source of a high degree of pleasure.”
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence”
“(existential mathematics...) the degree of slowness is directly proportional to the intensity of memory; the degree of speed is directly proportional to the intensity of forgetting.” –p. 39”
“The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.”