“The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.” HumansRealEndsDesirePrayerReal LifeGods WillGrantedHuman LifeConformityBeing RealJoyfulSingle Relationship Author:Charles Bent
“A mind that is disciplined, controlled, is free within its own pattern; but that is not freedom. The end of discipline is conformity; its path leads to the known, and the known is never the free.” MindEndsKnownPathDisciplinePatternsConformityControlled Book:Commentaries on Living Source: Commentaries on Living
“We are what we were at birth, and each trait has remained in conformity with earth's and with heaven's logic: Be the devil's tool, resort to black magic, None can diverge from the ends which Heaven foreordained.” EndsEarthHeavenBlackMagicBirthDevilToolsLogicConformityTraitsResortsBlack Magic Book:Complete Poems Source: Complete Poems
“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.” KnowsEndsDesireExistenceUnderstoodIntellectPracticalsConformity Author:Jacques Maritain
“In most cases, to be reasonable means not to be obstinate, which in turn points to conformity with reality as it is. The principle of adjustment is taken for granted. When the idea of reason was conceived, it was intended to achieve more than the mere regulation of the relation between means and ends: it was regarded as the instrument for understanding the ends, for determining them.” MeanIdeasEndsReasonRealityTurnsUnderstandingPrinciplesCasesTakenAchieveRelationInstrumentsMereGrantedReasonableConformityRegulationAdjustmentTaken For GrantedObstinate Book:Eclipse of Reason Source: Eclipse of Reason