Perfection Quotes — Page 31

Philosopher, Poet

“The habit of looking for beauty in everything makes us notice the shortcomings of things, our sense, hungry for complete satisfaction, misses the perfection it demands.”

Missing Beauty Perfection

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Joseph Campbell

Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer

“Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.”

Artist Perfection Clumsiness

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FD

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Writer

“Even women are perfect at the outset.”

Perfect Perfection

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GW

George Will

Political Commentator, Author

“The pursuit of perfection prevents achievement of the satisfactory.”

Perfection Achievement

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

“It is an absolute perfection and virtually divine to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.”

Perfection Enjoy Divine

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E. M. Forster

Novelist, Essayist

“He educated Maurice, or rather his spirit educated Maurice's spirit, for they themselves became equal. Neither thought "Am I led; am I leading?" Love had caught him out of triviality and Maurice out of bewilderment in order that two imperfect souls might touch perfection.”

Two Order Perfection

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D. H. Lawrence

Novelist, Poet

“I like Australia less and less. The hateful newness, the democratic conceit, every man a little pope of perfection.”

Men Perfection Australia

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C. S. Lewis

Writer, Scholar

“The idea which...shuts out the Second Coming from our minds, the idea of the world slowly ripening to perfection, is a myth, not a generalization from experience.”

Ideas Mind Perfection

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PS

Patti Smith

Musician

“I reflected on the fact that no matter how good I aspired to be, I was never going to achieve perfection”

Matter Facts Perfection

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Peter Dickens

Author

“Green consumerism generally, and 'healthy' products and lifestyles in particular, contain quite precise notions about how an individual should consider his or her well-being. Not only is the market-place celebrated but an understanding of the 'natural body' itself becomes fetishised and idolised. Normality seems to have wholly dispensed with bodily illness and pain. Perfection is the norm, and one that can be gained through acquiring the correct products and perfecting the body.”

Pain Understanding Perfection

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Elizabeth Scott

Artist

“Grace is my favourite church word. A state of being. Something you can pray for. Something God can grant. Something you can obtain. Perfection is out of reach. But grace -- grace you can reach for.”

Church Grace Perfection

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ED

Evan Davis

Journalist

“I rarely come away from presenting the 'Today' programme without some sense of regret. There is always some question that I should have asked, or some point that I should have made. This is annoying but not surprising. Perfection is hard to achieve in a three-hour live programme.”

Regret Should Have Perfection

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