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“The point of asking questions is to find true answers; the point of measuring is to measure accurately; the point of making maps is to find your way to your destination... In short, the goal of truth goes without saying, in every human culture.”

Way Humans Truth Culture Goal Answers Asking Maps Destination Asking Questions Measuring

Author:Daniel Dennett

“The goal is nothing other than the coherence and completeness of the system not only in respect of all details, but also in respect of all physicists of all places, all times, all peoples, and all cultures.”

People Science Culture Goal Details All Time Physicist Completeness Coherence

Author:Max Planck

“If we continue to think and live as if we belong only to different cultures and different religions, with separate missions and goals, we will always be in self-defeating competition with each other. Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love.”

Ifs Thinking Want Different Self Spirit Humanity Culture Goal Realizing Members Competition Missions Different Cultures Different Religions

Book:The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey

Source: The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey

“Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.”

Mind Mean Culture Literature Goal Highest Peace Of Mind Piety Pious

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“I always thought that television was the way to go in my goal to invade pop culture because it got to towns in which there were no bookstores. That's how I used to think of it: How do I reach kids who not only don't read but probably have no access to much in the way of books?”

Thinking Way Book Kids Used Culture Goal Television Towns Pops Access Pop Culture Bookstores

Author:Matt Groening

“The 'civil rights' revolutionary groups are a case in point. Their goal is not equality but power. The background of Negro culture is African and magic, and the purposes of magic are control and power. . . Voodoo or magic was the religion and life of American Negroes. Voodoo songs underlie jazz, and old voodoo, with its power goal, has been merely replaced with revolutionary voodoo, a modernized power drive.”

Has Beens Purpose Religion Song Culture Goal Cases Rights Magic Groups Jazz Backgrounds Civil Rights Revolutionary Replaced Voodoo

Author:R.J. Rushdoony

“When women finally get liberated, they'll do the same that men do--dog eat dog-- that's what our culture is.... Not cooperation but assassination. Women will cooperate until they attain certain goals. Then one will begin to destroy the other.”

Men Certain Culture Goal Dog Cooperation Liberated Assassination Competitiveness

Author:Alice Neel

“The problem of culture is seldom grasped correctly. The goal of a culture is not the greatest possible happiness of a people, noris it the unhindered development of all their talents; instead, culture shows itself in the correct proportion of these developments. Its aim points beyond earthly happiness: the production of great works is the aim of culture.”

People Shows Problem Culture Goal Talent Development Aim Productions Proportion Great Work

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“In a culture that gives men irresponsible power and women powerless responsibility, the advancement of civilization cannot be a serious goal.”

Men Giving Culture Goal Responsibility Serious Civilization Inequality Powerless Advancement Irresponsible

Book:American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie

Source: American Mom: Motherhood, Politics, and Humble Pie

“For the artist, the goal of the painting or musical composition is not to convey literal truth, but an aspect of a universal truth that if successful, will continue to move and to touch people even as contexts, societies and cultures change. For the scientist, the goal of a theory is to convey "truth for now"--to replace an old truth, while accepting that someday this theory, too, will be replaced by a new "truth," because that is the way science advances.”