Plato Quotes, Purpose Quotes, Noble Quotes

Not every love, but only that which has a noble purpose, is noble and worthy of praise.

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We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.

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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.

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There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.

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The clash between science and religion has not shown that religion is false and science is true. It has shown that all systems of definition are relative to various purposes, and that none of them actually “grasp” reality.

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And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught.

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Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. The maxim is so perfectly self-evident that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. But in the mercantile system the interest of the consumer is almost constantly sacrificed to that of the producer; and it seems to consider production, and not consumption, as the ultimate end and object of all industry and commerce.

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the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.

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The purpose of life is to be happy.

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If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.

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On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

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The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing - you.

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The clash between science and religion has not shown that religion is false and science is true. It has shown that all systems of definition are relative to various purposes, and that none of them actually “grasp” reality.

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Live with purpose. Don't let people or things around you get you down.

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The purpose of a story is to be an axe that breaks up the ice within us.

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Having purpose. I had purpose during my presidency, and I've got purpose after my presidency.

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Moral sensibilities are nowadays at such cross-purposes that to one man a morality is proved by its utility, while to another its utility refutes it.

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Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

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There will come a time when everybody will know why, for what purpose, there is all this suffering, and there will be no more mysteries. But now we must live ... we must work, just work!

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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.

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