“It is not quite accurate to say that the objective of art is to represent what happens to us as a consequence of encountering the world. A fuller description of the task would be to say our aim is to discover what happens to us as we consider things.” WorldArtHappensWould BeArt IsDiscoveryConsequenceTasksAimObjectivesDescriptionAccurate Author:Peter London
“Far from being a sum of distinct and partial results, victory is the consequence of efforts, some of which are victorious while others appear to be fruitless, which nevertheless all aim at a common goal, all drive at a common result: namely, at a decision, a conclusion which alone can provide victory.” GoalDecisionResultsCommonEffortVictoryConsequenceAimConclusionNeverthelessCommon Goal Book:Precepts and Judgments Source: Precepts and Judgments
“Our basic aim is to liberate the land from the Mediterranean Seas to the Jordan River. We are not concerned with what took place in June 1967 or in eliminating the consequences of the June war. The Palestinian revolution's basic concern is the uprooting of the Zionist entity from our land and liberating it.” WarSeaLandRevolutionConsequenceConcernConcernedRiversAimPalestinianEntityLiberatingJuneJordanZionistEliminatingUprootingMediterranean Sea Author:Yasser Arafat
“The connectedness of things is what the educator contemplates to the limit of his capacity. No human capacity is great enough to permit a vision of the world as simple, but if the educator does not aim at the vision no one else will, and the consequences are dire when no one does.” IfsWorldHumansDoeEnoughSimpleVisionTeachingLimitsConsequenceCapacityAimPermitContemplatingEducatorConnectednessHuman Capacity Author:Mark Van Doren
“The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices. The physician does not preach repentance; he offers absolution.” MenDoeOffersConsequenceAimMedicineVicesRepentanceVirtuousRescuePhysiciansHygieneAbsolution Book:Mencken Chrestomathy Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality. It is impossible to find a hygienist who does not debase his theory of the healthful with a theory of the virtuous. ... The aim of medicine is surely not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard them from the consequences of their vices.” MenDoeScienceImpossibleTheoryMoralityConsequenceAimMedicineVicesCorruptionVirtuousHygiene Book:Prejudices: Third Series Source: Prejudices: Third Series