“There is no perfection only life”

“There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Don’t aim for perfection. Evolution, and life, only happen through mistakes.”

Matt Haig (1975) British writer

“Practice makes perfect' is bullshit. Only perfect practice makes perfect.”

Ron Barassi

“The only perfection which modern civilisation achieves is mechanical; machines are magnificent and immaculate but the life which serves them or is served by them isn't magnificent or shiny or more perfect or more comely.”

Karel Čapek (1890–1938) Czech writer

“Life is not meant to be perfect.”

Carlos Gershenson (1978) Mexican researcher

“Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.”

Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970) German novelist

“Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.”

Novalis (1772–1801) German poet and writer

“A mathematician is only perfect insofar as he is a perfect man, sensitive to the beauty of truth.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician

“A perfect life is a contradiction in terms.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher