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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.
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Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.
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Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which newspaper plants grow, has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools.
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Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.
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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.
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Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.
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Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused.
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Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.
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September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11.
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Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.
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Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.
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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.
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Studies indicate that these children are more susceptible to advertising and even less likely to understand the purpose of this advertising.
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The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
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The devil can site scripture for his own purpose! An evil soul producing holy witness is like a villain with a smiling cheek.
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The difference between a professional person and a technician is that a technician knows everything about his job except its ultimate purpose and his place in the scheme of things.
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The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
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The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.
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The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.
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