“It is imperfection - not perfection - that is the end result of the program written into that formidably complex engine that is the human brain, and of the influences exerted upon us by the environment and whoever takes care of us during the long years of our physical, psychological and intellectual development.” YearsHumansLongEndsCareResultsBrainEnvironmentWrittenInfluenceDevelopmentIntellectualProgramPerfectionComplexesTake CarePsychologicalImperfectionEnginesNot PerfectHuman BrainEnd ResultsIntellectual DevelopmentHuman Imperfection Author:Rita Levi-Montalcini
“The most basic inherent constraint is that neither time nor wisdom are free goods available in unlimited quantity. This means that in social processes, as in economic processes, it is not only impossible to attain perfection but irrational to seek perfection- or even to seek the best possible result in each separate instance.” MeanSocialProcessResultsImpossibleEconomicPerfectionAvailableInstanceGoodsQuantityInherentIrrationalUnlimitedConstraints Author:Thomas Sowell
“The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose within its scope, but concealed from the eye of the spectator; and in the production of effects that seem to flow forth spontaneously, as though uncontrolled by their influence, and which are equally excellent, whether regarded individually, or in reference to the proposed result.” ArtSeemsEyeLawPurposeResultsInfluenceEffectsFlowPerfectionProductionsEmploymentExcellentScopeSpectatorsComprehensiveConcealedPurpose Of Art Book:The Book of Nature: From the Last London Ed., to which is Now Prefixed, a Sketch of the Author's Life Source: The Book of Nature: From the Last London Ed., to which is Now Prefixed, a Sketch of the Author's Life
“In the eyes of those lovers of perfection, a work is never finished - a word that for them has no sense - but abandoned; and this abandonment, whether to the flames or to the public (and which is the result of weariness or an obligation to deliver) is a kind of an accident to them, like the breaking off of a reflection, which fatigue, irritation, or something similar has made worthless.” KindMadeEyeResultsLoversReflectionPerfectionFinishedAccidentsObligationFlamesAbandonedWorthlessFatigueAbandonmentWearinessIrritation Author:Paul Valery
“It is not true that the perfection of police power is the result of the state's Machiavellianism or of some transitory influence. The whole structure of society implies it, of necessity. The more we mobilize the forces of nature, the more must we mobilize men and the more do we require order.” MenStatesWholeOrderForceResultsInfluencePerfectionPoliceStructureTransitoryForces Of NaturePolice Power Author:Jacques Ellul
“There exists an infinite, eternal Being, subsisting of himself, who is one without being alone; for he finds in his own essence relations whence, with the necessary movement of his life, results the absolute plenitude of his perfection and his happiness. A Being unique and complete, God suffices to himself.” GodResultsMovementEternalUniquePerfectionEssenceRelationAbsolutesInfiniteBeing UniquePlenitude Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire