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“Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.”
Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971) Japanese Buddhist missionary
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Not Always So, practicing the true spirit of Zen (2002)
“We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.”
William Howard Taft (1857–1930) American politician, 27th President of the United States (in office from 1909 to 1913)
Address at a banquet given by the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce of Washington, D.C., May 8, 1909.; found in Presidential Addresses and State Papers of William Howard Taft, vol. 1, chapter 7, p. 82 (1910).
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
François Fénelon, in Selections from the Writings of Fenelon: With an appendix, containing a Memoir of his Life (1829) as translated by A Lady (Eliza Lee Cabot Follen) http://books.google.com/books?id=qJ4rAAAAYAAJ, Letter 37, p. 189. <br class="br">Misattributed
Myles Munroe (1954–2014) Bahamian Evangelical Christian minister
Source: The Purpose and Power of Love & Marriage
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid., p. 249
Original: Adoramos a perfeição, porque não a podemos ter; repugná-la-íamos, se a tivéssemos. O perfeito é o desumano, porque o humano é imperfeito.
Source: The Book of Disquiet
“To accomplish the perfect perfection, a little imperfection helps.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
Imperfection http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21399/Imperfection <br class="br">From the poems written in English
Aung San Suu Kyi (1945) State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Acceptance Speech (2013)
“Perfection itself is imperfection.”
Vladimir Horowitz (1903–1989) American classical pianist and composer
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