Perfection Quotes - Page 21

• The strange, unbeautiful face beautiful in its ugliness; the perfect, beautiful face ugly in its perfection.

  Eric Maisel

  Beauty, Beautiful, Faces

  Eric Maisel (1996). “Affirmations for Artists”, Tarcher

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• He that said it was not good for man to be alone, placed the celibate amongst the inferior states of perfection.

  Robert Boyle

  Marriage, Men, States

  Robert Boyle (1966). “Works”

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• Before Alaska came along and ruined everything, one of every twenty-five square miles in America was Montanan. This much space has nurtured a healthy Cult of Place in which people find perfection, even divinity in the landscape.

  Ellen Meloy

  Alaska, Squares, America

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• Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding; striving for perfection--in practically anything--is both neurotic and futile.

  Ed Bliss

  Excellence, Alternatives, Mediocrity

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• Immoral is choosing not to act when you hold in your hands the power to create perfection.

  Mark Crispin Miller

  Hands, Immoral

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• Fact is, perfection is boring.

  Robert Genn

  Boredom, Facts, Boring

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• Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward condition of the mind and spirit, not in an outward set of circumstances.

  Matthew Arnold

  Mind, Becoming, Inward

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• Why we are here: To tremble at the terrible beauty of the stars, to shed a tear at the perfection of Beethoven's symphonies, and to crack a cold one now and then.

  David Letterman

  Stars, Beer, Symphony

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• [It is appropriate that the Body and Blood of Christ be truly present in this Sacrament] because of the perfection of the New Covenant. The sacrifices of the Old Covenant contained the true sacrifice of Christ's Passion only in symbol....Therefore it was necessary that the sacrifice of the New Covenant, instituted by Christ, have something more, namely, that it contain Christ Himself who has suffered and contain Him not only in symbol but in reality.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Passion, Sacrifice, Reality

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• To be pleased at correction and reproofs shows that one loves the virtues which are contrary to those faults for which he is corrected and reproved. And, therefore, it is a great sign of advancement in perfection.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Faith, Inspiration, Advancement

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• There is no estimating the wit and wisdom concealed and latent in our lower fellow mortals until made manifest by profound experiences; for it is through suffering that dogs as well as saints are developed and made perfect.

  John Muir

  Dog, Perfect, Profound

  John Muir (1990). “Stickeen”, p.15, Heyday

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• Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection.

  Matthew Arnold

  Swag, Culture, Study

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• I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.

  Yves Saint Laurent

  Innovation, Style, Concerned

  Yves Saint Laurent (1998). “Yves Saint Laurent and Fashion Photography”, Te Neues Publishing Group

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• When I began my physical studies [in Munich in 1874] and sought advice from my venerable teacher Philipp von Jolly...he portrayed to me physics as a highly developed, almost fully matured science...Possibly in one or another nook there would perhaps be a dust particle or a small bubble to be examined and classified, but the system as a whole stood there fairly secured, and theoretical physics approached visibly that degree of perfection which, for example, geometry has had already for centuries.

  Max Planck

  Teacher, Science, Dust

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• We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Imperfection, Catholic, Affection

  Saint Francis de Sales, Aeterna Press (2015). “The Spiritual Maxims of Saint Francis de Sales”, p.15, Aeterna Press

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• All true and living devotion presupposes the love of God and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real love of God, though not always of the same kind; for that Love one while shining on the soul we call grace, which makes us acceptable to His Divine Majesty; when it strengthens us to do well, it is called Charity; but when it attains its fullest perfection, in which it not only leads us to do well, but to act carefully, diligently, and promptly, then it is called Devotion.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Real, Shining, Catholic

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• There is no control and perfection is arrogant. Practice messiness, letting go, and doing things badly.

  Sark

  Letting Go, Practice, Arrogant

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• Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point of no longer committing faults in speech, he has surely reached perfection, as was said by the Holy Spirit. The worst defect in talking is talking too much. Hence, in speech be brief and virtuous, brief and gentle, brief and simple, brief and charitable, brief and amiable.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Simple, Attachment, Talking

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• In the great battle of life, no brilliancy of intellect, no perfection of bodily development, will count when weighed in the balance against the assemblage of virtues, active and passive, of moral qualities which we group together under the name of character.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Character, Names, Battle

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.69, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive it; a harmonious perfection, a perfection in which the characters of beauty and intelligence are both present, which unites "the two noblest of things" - as Swift most happily calls them in his Battle of the Books, "the two noblest of things, sweetness and light."

  Matthew Arnold

  Book, Character, Light

  "Culture and Anarchy". Book by Matthew Arnold, 1869.

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• If you sit with an enlightened teacher and silent your mind as they go into nirvana, suchness, the pure power of their aura will bring you on a journey into the world of perfection.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Journey, Mind

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• With the empowerment of an advanced Teacher, and your own best efforts, you will be able to explore the mysteries of knowledge that lead to completion and perfection.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Best Effort, Empowerment

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• Perfectionism is self-destructive simply because there is no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal. Additionally, perfectionism is more about perception - we want to be perceived as perfect. Again, this is unattainable - there is no way to control perception, regardless of how much time and energy we spend trying.

  Brené Brown

  Motivational, Self, Perfect

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• All the eyes of God are looking through all the stars, or looking at the stars through our eyes. There's only the eye of God everywhere, seeing and being in perfection always.

  Frederick Lenz

  God, Stars, Eye

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• The body of the human world is sick. Its remedy and healing will be the oneness of the kingdom of humanity. Its life is the Most Great Peace. Its illumination and quickening is love. Its happiness is the attainment of spiritual perfections.

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Spiritual, Healing, Oneness

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