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“We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and it is easy to find ourselves aiming for the result rather than the cause. Let us aim for joy, rather than respectability. Let us make fools of ourselves from time to time, and thus see ourselves, for a moment, as the all-wise God sees us.”

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Author:Philip Neri

“What were we made for? To know God. What aim should we have in life? To know God. What is the eternal life that Jesus gives? To know God. What is the best thing in life? To know God. What in humans gives God most pleasure? Knowledge of himself.”

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Author:J. I. Packer

“By creating useful job descriptions and making clear what qualifications should be expected, the Department aims to help improve schools' ability to recruit the right people.”

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Author:Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley

“An aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without victory.”

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Author:Gary L. Francione

“Philosophy should be an energy; it should find its aim and its effect in the amelioration of mankind.”

Should Philosophy Energy Mankind Effects Aim

Book:Cosette

Source: Cosette

“Philosophers should consider the fact that the greatest happiness principle can easily be made an excuse for a benevolent dictatorship. We should replace it by a more modest and more realistic principle - the principle that the fight against avoidable misery should be a recognized aim of public policy, while the increase of happiness should be left, in the main, to private initiative.”

Source: Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge