Art for art's sake, with no
purpose, for any
purpose perverts art. But art achieves a
purpose which is not its own.
View quotes by Benjamin ConstantIn crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there: I might possibly answer, that for any thing I know to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to show the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to be in that place; I should hardly think of the answer which I had before given, that for any thing I knew, the watch might have always been there. Yet why should not this answer serve for the watch, as well as for the stone? why is it not as admissable in the second case as in the first? For this reason, and for no other, viz., that when we come to inspect the watch, we perceive (what we could not discover in the stone) that its several parts are framed and put together for a
purpose . . . This mechanism being observed . . . the inference, we think, is inevitable, that the watch must have had a maker; that there must have existed, at some time, and at some place of other, an artificer or artificers, who formed it for the
purpose which we find it actually to answer; who comprehended its construction, and designed its use.
View quotes by William PaleyGod is working His
purpose out as year succeeds to year,
Gid os working His
purpose out and the time is drawing near;
Nearer and nearer draws the time, the time that shall surely be,
When the earth shall be filled with the glory of God as the waters cover the sea. [Hymn]
View quotes by A C AingerThe highest
purpose is to have no
purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.
View quotes by John CageWe have arrived at the point where the public are right in thinking that John Prescott no longer serves a
purpose in governing the country, only a
purpose in trying to hold together the fragile peace in the Labour Party
View quotes by Andrew LansleyI do think there is a sense of Tony Blair having lost his sense of
purpose and direction, so my advice to him is to recover that sense of
purpose and direction and that remains the best option
View quotes by Charles ClarkeIt is well that we have hobbies and crafts, not only do they give a sense of
purpose but they have a
purpose of themselves, too.
View quotes by Phyllis GeorgeThe man without a
purpose is like a ship without a rudder - waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a
purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you.
View quotes by Thomas CarlyleThere is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of
purpose.
View quotes by Kin HubbardStop looking for your
purpose... be it!
View quotes by Dr Wayne DyerThe way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.
Find out who you are and do it on
purpose.
View quotes by Dolly PartonWho knows for what we live, struggle and die?... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the
purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
View quotes by Alan PatonI see my
purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in...
View quotes by David NivenNever forget that the
purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world.
View quotes by William E GladstoneUniversity printing presses exist, and are subsidised by the Government for the
purpose of producing books which no one can read; and they are true to their high calling.
View quotes by Francis CornfordFew have been taught to any
purpose who have not been their own teachers
View quotes by Sir Joshua ReynoldsI was always told I was special. And I was also assured that I had a gift and a
purpose.
View quotes by Ashley JuddThe nuclear arms race has no military
purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.
View quotes by Louis MountbattenAs far as we can discern, the sole
purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.
View quotes by Carl Gustav JungMany persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy
purpose.
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