The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.
The blessed work of helping the world forward, happily does not wait to be done by perfect men.
Perfection is the measure of heaven, and the wish to be perfect the measure of man.
Perfection is terrible, it cannot have children.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Not seeing people permits us to imagine in them every perfection.[Ne pas voir les gens, cela permet de leur supposer toutes les perfections.]
Man is never perfect, nor contented.[L’homme n’est jamais ni parfait, ni content.]
Life is not the means for the achievement of an esthetic ideal of perfection; on the contrary, the work is an ethical symbol of life.
It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.[The Bhagavad Gita – that ancient Indian Yogic text]
If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.[Если искать совершенства, то никогда не будешь доволен.]
If you are under the impression you have already at your age perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.
I may not be perfect, but I don’t deserve to fear for my life every time I make a mistake.
