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“The first and most practical step in getting what one wants in this world is wanting it. One would think that the next step would be expressing what one wants. But it almost never is. It generally consists in wanting it still harder.”

Thinking World Want Firsts Stills Would Be Desire Next Steps This World Harder Practicals Next Steps

Book:Crowds: A Moving-picture of Democracy

Source: Crowds: A Moving-picture of Democracy

“Dogs invite us not only to share their joy but also to live in the moment, where we are neither proceeding from nor moving toward, where the enchantment of the past and future cannot distract us, where a freedom from practical desire and a cessation of our usual ceaseless action allows us to recognize the truth of our existence, the reality of our world and purpose--if we dare.”

Source: The Odd Thomas Series 7-Book Bundle: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd

“The truth of practical intellect is understood not as conformity to an extramental being but as conformity to a right desire; the end is no longer to know what is, but to bring into existence that which is not yet.”

Knows Ends Desire Existence Understood Intellect Practicals Conformity

Author:Jacques Maritain

“Don't be 'practical' in politics. To be practical in that sense means that you have schooled yourself to think along the lines, and in the grooves that those who rob you would desire you to think.”

Thinking Mean Desire Lines Practicals Schooled Groove

Author:James Connolly

“There can be no doubt that the knowledge of logic is of considerable practical importance for everyone who desires to think and to infer correctly.”

Thinking Desire Doubt Logic Importance Practicals No Doubt

Book:Introduction to Logic: and to the Methodology of Deductive Sciences

Source: Introduction to Logic: and to the Methodology of Deductive Sciences

“From an evolutionary point of view, most emotions - fear, desire, anger - serve some practical purpose, but nostalgia is a useless, futile thing because it is a longing for something that is permanently lost . . . .”

Desire Purpose Lost Views Emotion Longing Point Of View Nostalgia Practicals Useless

Book:Us

Source: Us

“We may exist in all universes, but 'hear' only one because of our limitations, the valve of our desires, our practical, physical needs. All is vibration, with nothing vibrating across no distance whatsoever. All is music. A universe, a world, is just one long difficult song. The difference between worlds is the difference between songs.”

World Needs May Long Desire Song Universe Difficult Differences Distance Practicals Limitation Just One Vibrations Valve

Author:Greg Bear