Excellence

A young man visiting a temple under construction noticed a sculptor making a statue. Suddenly he observed a similar cast lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two identical pieces?" "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged in the final stage." The gentleman examined the prone art work and finding no apparent flaws asked, "Where is the damage and where were you going to install it?" Still busy with his work the sculptor replied, "There is a scratch on the nose and it was to be placed on a pillar twenty feet high." Puzzled the gentlemen asked "If the statue is that far away, nobody is going to know there is a scratch on the nose?" The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I will know it."

Excellence is a quiet quality.