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 2. A man must be strong enough to mould the peculiarity of his imperfections into the perfection of his peculiarities.

 3. A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less.

 4. Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable; however, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

 5. All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.

 6. Bachelor's wives and old maid's children are always perfect.

 7. Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

 8. Excellence when concealed, differs but little from buried worthlessness.

 9. He who wherever he goes is attached to no person and to no place by ties of flesh; who accepts good and evil alike, neither welcoming the one nor shrinking from the other -take it that such a one has attained Perfection.

10. How can you expect me to be perfect...when I am full of contradictions.

11. Humanity, divine limitation; Divinity, human perfection.

12. Hung on the shower that fronts the golden West, The rainbow bursts like magic on mine eyes! In hues of ancient promise there imprest; Frail in its date, eternal in its guise.

13. If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.

14. Nature has perfections, in order to show that she is the image of God; and defects, to show that she is only his image.

15. Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease.

16. Perfection - An imaginary state...distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence.

17. Perfection - Nothing more than a complete adaptation to the environment; but the environment is constantly changing, so perfection can never be more than transitory.

18. Perfection does not exist. To understand it is the triumph of human intelligence; to desire to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness.

19. Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

20. So mild, so merciful, so strong, so good, So patient, peaceful, loyal, loving, pure.

21. The function of perfection - to make one know one's imperfection.

22. The Great Man never loses his child's heart. The infant has neither the desire nor the ability to appreciate the sensuous pleasures. It may cry all day and not become hoarse. Its innocence and its weakness are its strength. Its inner harmony is undisturbed. Its bodily organs are perfect; the years add nothing to them, but only develop their functions, but do not add to them.

23. The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard- working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to God, whose seed it is; and accordingly its fruits will be God-nature. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God seed into God.

24. The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others.

25. The true perfection of man lies, not in what man has, but in what man is...Nothing should be able to harm a man but himself. Nothing should be able to rob a man at all. What a man really has is what is in him. What is outside of him should be a matter of no importance.

26. There are two perfect men; one dead, and the other unborn.

27. There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand. He must have integral development. Then alone he can have perfection.

28. Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art.

29. Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some one single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

30. To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

31. Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

32. What is most perfect seems to be incomplete; But its utility is unimpaired. What is most full seems to be empty; But its usefulness is inexhaustible. What is most straight seems to be crooked. The greatest skills seems to be clumsy. The greatest eloquence seems to stutter. Hasty movement overcomes cold, But tranquility overcomes heat. By being greatly tranquil, One is qualified to be the ruler of the world.

33. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor shall be.