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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.á Nothing should be able to rob a man at all. What a man really has is what is in him.á What is outside of him should be a matter of no importance.
The man who has done nothing but wait for his ship to come in has already missed the boat.
If faith without works is dead, willingness without action is fantasy.
It is the function of perfection to make one know one's imperfection.
The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection -- even though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano -- is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.
Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.
The life of the spirit is centrally and essentially a life of action. Spirituality is something done, not merely something believed, or known or experienced.
Perfection anywhere is very rare.
If you search for a faultless woman, you will remain a bachelor.