Just Perfect

“Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away.”
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Perfection's Progress

“Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.”
--Voltaire

Oblique Happiness

“Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it is never attained.”
--Nathaniel Hawthorne

Wise Fool

“In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it, thou art a fool.”
--Lord Chesterfield