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  • John F. Kennedy The purpose of education is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.
    Source: Harvard, 14-06-1956
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Gloria Steinem The purpose of feminism is to free the uniqueness of the individual and to understand that inside each of us is a unique human being who is a combination of heredity and environment.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin The purpose of going to Mars is for humans to first begin to occupy, permanently, another planet in the solar system. The astronauts or pilgrims, whatever you might call them, are going to be very historically unique human beings.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Albert Schweitzer The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Mortimer J. Adler The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
    Mortimer J. Adler
    American philosopher, educator, and popular (1902 - 2001)
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  • Alan Cohen The purpose of life is not to fight against evil and misfortune; it is to unveil magnificence.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Rainer Maria Rilke The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things
    Rainer Maria Rilke
    German poet (1875 - 1926)
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Ayn Rand The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • June Jordan The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment: these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is comfort, per se.
    June Jordan
    American poet and civil rights activist (1939 - )
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  • Peace Pilgrim The purpose of problems is to push you toward obedience to God's laws, which are exact and cannot be changed. We have the free will to obey them or disobey them. Obedience will bring harmony, disobedience will bring you more problems.
    Peace Pilgrim
    American activist, mystic and pacifist
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  • Nelson Mandela The purpose of studying history is not to deride human action, nor to weep over it or to hate it, but to understand it. And hopefully then to learn from it as we contemplate our future.
    Source: Renewal and Renaissance - Towards A New World Order (1997)
    Nelson Mandela
    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and political leader (1918 - 2013)
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  • Blake Farenthold The purpose of the criminal justice system is both to rehabilitate and to punish. If we can rehabilitate somebody, that's a huge, huge win.
    Blake Farenthold
    American politician and lobbyist (1961 - )
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  • Bob Brown The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods - it is the business of us all, here and now.
    Bob Brown
    Australian politician, medical doctor and environmentalist (1944 - )
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  • Malcolm Muggeridge The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.
    Malcolm Muggeridge
    British Broadcaster (1903 - 1990)
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  • Dag Hammarskjöld The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
    Dag Hammarskjöld
    Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961)
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  • Matthew Arnold The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.
    Matthew Arnold
    British critic and poet (1822 - 1888)
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  • Albert Einstein The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Voltaire The pursuit of what is true and the practice of what is good are the two most important objects of philosophy.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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