“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”

—  Sam Keen

Variant: Love isn't finding a perfect person. It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
Source: To Love and Be Loved

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author, professor, and philosopher 1931

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