--- title: "1 Perfection Strives Quotes By Ernst Junger" description: "1 Perfection Strives quotes by Ernst Junger. Plus more from Ernst Junger and more Perfection Strives sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/ernst-junger-4532_art_human-perfection-and-technical-perfectio_1614294.jpg" --- > [“Human perfection and technical perfection are incompatible. If we strive for one, we must sacrifice the other: there is, in any case, a parting of the ways. Whoever realises this will do cleaner work one way or the other. Technical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/human-perfection-and-technical-perfection-are-incompatible-if-we/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/ernst-junger-4532_art_human-perfection-and-technical-perfectio_1614294.jpg) ## More by Ernst Junger > [Freedom is based on the anarch’s awareness that he can kill himself. He carries this awareness around; it accompanies him like a shadow that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/freedom-is-based-on-the-anarch-s-awareness-that-he-can-kill-himself/) [Ernst Junger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“Bruno withdrew from the field of history more resolutely than Vigo; that is why I prefer the former’s retrospect but the latter’s prospect. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/bruno-withdrew-from-the-field-of-history-more-resolutely-than-vigo/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“A great physicist is always a metaphysicist as well; he has a higher concept of his knowledge and his task.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/a-great-physicist-is-always-a-metaphysicist-as-well-he-has-a-higher/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“It is not that I as an anarch reject authority à tout prix. On the other contrary, I seek it, and that is precisely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/it-is-not-that-i-as-an-anarch-reject-authority-tout-prix-on-the-other/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“Obitus vitae otium est (Death is life's rest).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/obitus-vitae-otium-est-death-is-life-s-rest/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [The more the panic grows, the more uplifting the image of a man who refuses to bow to the terror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/the-more-the-panic-grows-the-more-uplifting-the-image-of-a-man-who/) [Ernst Junger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“I, as an anarch, renouncing any bond, any limitation of freedom, also reject compulsory education as nonsense. It was one of the greatest well-springs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/i-as-an-anarch-renouncing-any-bond-any-limitation-of-freedom-also/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“The anarch nurtures no expectations. He stakes on no one but himself. Basically, people remain pied pipers, whatever melodies they play to introduce themselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/the-anarch-nurtures-no-expectations-he-stakes-on-no-one-but-himself/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“I begin with the respect that the anarch shows towards the rules. Respectare as an intensive of respicere means: ‘to look back, to think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/i-begin-with-the-respect-that-the-anarch-shows-towards-the-rules/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“At times I see them as if I were walking through the streets of Pompeii before the eruption of Vesuvius. This is one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/at-times-i-see-them-as-if-i-were-walking-through-the-streets-of/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“How can one explain this trend towards a more colorless and shallow life? Well, the work was easier, if less healthy, and it brought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/how-can-one-explain-this-trend-towards-a-more-colorless-and-shallow/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“The anarch differs from the anarchist in that he has a very pronounced sense of the rules. Insofar as and to the extent that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/the-anarch-differs-from-the-anarchist-in-that-he-has-a-very/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“Man is born violent but is kept in check by the people around him. If he nevertheless manages to throw off his fetters, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/man-is-born-violent-but-is-kept-in-check-by-the-people-around-him-if/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“The anarch, as I have expounded elsewhere, is the pendant to the monarch; he is as sovereign as the monarch, and also freer since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/the-anarch-as-i-have-expounded-elsewhere-is-the-pendant-to-the/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) > [“The ship founders on a sandbank and then gets back afloat. Electric power stops; after a while, the machines start up again. During such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-junger/the-ship-founders-on-a-sandbank-and-then-gets-back-afloat-electric/) [Ernst Jünger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-junger/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/perfection-strives/ernst-junger/#itemlist", "name": "1 Perfection Strives Quotes By Ernst Junger", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Human perfection and technical perfection are incompatible. If we strive for one, we must sacrifice the other: there is, in any case, a parting of the ways. Whoever realises this will do cleaner work one way or the other. Technical perfection strives towards the calculable, human perfection towards the incalculable. 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