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With soulmate love, you know that true love is what happens when disappointment sets in - and you're willing to deal maturely with these disappointments.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a339/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/13/339.v7.jpg" alt="Karen Salmansohn"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Karen Salmansohn</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="067cf"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="067cf" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a339/067cf/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=You%27re%20not%20looking%20for%20perfection%20in%20your%20partner.%20Perfection%20is%20all%20about%20the%20ego.%20With%20soulmate%20love%2C%20you%20know%20that%20true%20love%20is%20what%20happens%20when%20disappointment%20sets%20in%20-%20and%20you%27re%20willing%20to%20deal%20maturely%20with%20these%20disappointments.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa339%2F067cf%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/41/">Love</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/484/">True</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1074/">Ego</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul><div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a20216/263c6d/">It is the perfection of God's works that they are all done with the greatest simplicity. He is the God of order and not of confusion. And therefore as they would understand the frame of the world must endeavor to reduce their knowledge to all possible simplicity, so must it be in seeking to understand these visions.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a20216/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/18/20216.v2.jpg" alt="Isaac Newton"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Isaac Newton</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="263c6d"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="263c6d" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a20216/263c6d/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%20is%20the%20perfection%20of%20God%27s%20works%20that%20they%20are%20all%20done%20with%20the%20greatest%20simplicity.%20He%20is%20the%20God%20of%20order%20and%20not%20of%20confusion.%20And%20therefore%20as%20they%20would%20understand%20the%20frame%20of%20the%20world%20must%20endeavor%20to%20reduce%20their%20knowledge%20to%20all%20possible%20simplicity%2C%20so%20must%20it%20be%20in%20seeking%20to%20understand%20these%20visions.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa20216%2F263c6d%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/10/">Work</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1572/">Gods</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/618/">Perfection</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1803/015e5/">Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1803/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/b/1803.v6.jpg" alt="W. 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I'm trying to be the best ever.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1410/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/1410.v4.jpg" alt="Rafael dos Anjos"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Rafael dos Anjos</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="23c61"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="23c61" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1410/23c61/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Every%20night%20that%20I%20put%20my%20head%20on%20the%20pillow%2C%20I%20go%20to%20sleep%20knowing%20that%20I%20can%20do%20more.%20I%27m%20working%20toward%20perfection.%20I%27m%20trying%20to%20be%20the%20best%20ever.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1410%2F23c61%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/763/">Trying</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/694/">Night</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1/">Best</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3858/227d8/">I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3858/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/12/3858.v86.jpg" alt="Taylor Swift"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Taylor Swift</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 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And that their happiness might be complete, He gave them the perfection of a created nature; that is, He gave them freedom.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a105/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/105.v7.jpg" alt="Sabine Baring-Gould"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Sabine Baring-Gould</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="1643b"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="1643b" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a105/1643b/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=In%20the%20beginning%2C%20before%20the%20creation%20of%20Heaven%20and%20Earth%2C%20God%20made%20the%20angels%3B%20free%20intelligences%20and%20free%20wills%3B%20out%20of%20His%20love%20He%20made%20them%2C%20that%20they%20might%20be%20eternally%20happy.%20And%20that%20their%20happiness%20might%20be%20complete%2C%20He%20gave%20them%20the%20perfection%20of%20a%20created%20nature%3B%20that%20is%2C%20He%20gave%20them%20freedom.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa105%2F1643b%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/58/">God</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/456/">Happy</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/779/">Freedom</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a21120/362daa/">True perfection is a bold quest to seek. 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