Pastoral Resources

You know one of the causes of modern despair is the fact that we have had proposed to us, from various quarters, an impossible perfection.

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection.

Love is the bond of perfection.

But quality of work can be expected only through personal satisfaction, dedication and enjoyment. In our profession, precision and perfection are not a dispensible luxury, but a simple necessity.

I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.

I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity.

Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.