Completing Quote by Maurice Nicoll

“Humanity is regarded as unfinished, incomplete, imperfect. We have the possibility of completing ourselves, perfecting ourselves, and all that is necessary for this lies in us.” quote by Maurice Nicoll — Download Open image

“Humanity is regarded as unfinished, incomplete, imperfect. We have the possibility of completing ourselves, perfecting ourselves, and all that is necessary for this lies in us.”

Maurice Nicoll

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