Quotes by Purpose The purpose of meditation is personal transformation. Henepola Gunaratana personal-transformationpurposemeditation Having purpose. I had purpose during my presidency, and I've got purpose after my presidency. George W. Bush presidencypurpose The purpose of creation is beauty. Nature in all its various aspects develops towards beauty, and therefore it is plain that the purpose of life is to evolve towards beauty. Hazrat Inayat Khan purposelife-isbeauty You cannot stay where you are and go with God. You cannot continue doing things your way and accomplish God's purpose in His ways. Your thinking cannot come close to God's thoughts. For you to do the will of God, you must adjust your life to Him, His purposes, and His ways Henry Blackaby purposechristianthinking He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. Henry Adams politicscheerpurpose Logic sometimes makes monsters. For half a century we have seen a mass of bizarre functions which appear to be forced to resemble as little as possible honest functions which serve some purpose. Henri Poincare purposehalflittles Natural selection is a blind and undirected consequence of the interaction between variation and the environment. Natural selection exists only in the continuous present of the natural world: it has no memory of its previous actions, no plans for the future, or underlying purpose. Henry Gee variationpurposememories The purpose of concept art as a genre is to unbrainwash our mathematical and logical faculties. Henry Flynt genre-ispurposeart All State education is a sort of dynamo machine for polarizing the popular mind; for turning and holding its lines of force in the direction supposed to be most effective for State purposes. Henry Adams purposemindeducation To me the purpose of art is to produce something alive...but with a separate, and of course one hopes, with an everlasting life of its own. Henry Green alivepurposeart When we consider that labor is the producer of all wealth, is it not evident that the impoverishment and, dependence of labor are abnormal conditions resulting from restrictions and usurpations, and that instead of accepting protection, what labor should demand is freedom. That those who advocate any extension of freedom choose to go no further than suits their own special purpose is no reason why freedom itself should be distrusted. Henry George abnormalpurposespecial Good pain is pain in the service of a purpose. Bad pain is pain endured because we are resisting a needed growth step. Henry Cloud growthpainpurpose Why should Cornishmen learn Cornish? There is no money in it, it serves no practical purpose, and the literature is scanty and of no great originality or value. The question is a fair one, the answer is simple. Because they are Cornish. Henry Jenner purposesimpleanswers Man would sooner have the Void for his purpose than be void of Purpose. Friedrich Nietzsche voidpurposemen The plain wooden toothpick, it may be argued, is among the simplest of manufactured things. It consists of a single part, made of a single material, intended for a single purpose-from which it gets its simple name. It is also among the most convenient and ready of things. It can be used directly out of the box-there being no instructions to read, no parts to assemble, no priming or booting required, and no maintenance expected. When it has served its purpose, it is simply discarded. Henry Petroski purposesimplenames 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. Friedrich Nietzsche moralitypurposemen I contented myself with whiskey, for medicinal purposes. It helped numb my various aches and pains. Not that the alcohol actually reduced the pain; it just gave the pain a life of its own, apart from mine. Haruki Murakami alcoholpainpurpose God's purpose in creation was to let us prove ourselves. The plan was explained to us in the spirit world before we were born. We were valiant enough there to qualify for the opportunity to choose against temptation here to prepare for eternal life, the greatest of all the gifts of God. Henry B. Eyring purposetemptationopportunity The Holy Ghost has as a major purpose witnessing that Jesus is the Christ. As we plead for help in His service, the Holy Ghost will come and confirm our faith in Him. Our faith in the Savior will increase. And, as we continue to serve Him, we will come to love Him. Henry B. Eyring purposehelpingjesus The purpose of paragraphing is to give the reader a rest. The writer is saying . . . : Have you got that? If so, I'll go to the next point. Henry Watson Fowler purposewritinggiving«4849505152535455565758»
