“Action based on reason, action therefore which is only to be understood by reason, knows only one end, the greatest pleasure of the acting individual.” KnowsEndsReasonActionIndividualPleasureActingUnderstoodGreatest Pleasures Book:Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist Source: Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist
“Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. It's so much easier to be a critic than a celebrator. Always remember there is a human being on the other end of every exchange and behind every cultural artifact being critiqued. To understand and be understood, those are among life's greatest gifts, and every interaction is an opportunity to exchange them.” GivingHumansEndsMotivationalRememberOpportunityHuman BeingsBehindsEasierUnderstoodResourcesCriticsCreditGenerousInteractionGreatest GiftsArtifactsGiving Credit Author:Maria Popova
“My goal from the very beginning was just to write good songs that don't require any production to be felt or understood. I wanted to be able to sit in a room with a guitar and play the song from beginning to end and have it be as impactful as if you heard the studio version with all the bells and whistles.” IfsWritingEndsPlayAbleWantedSongFeltGoalRoomsHeardUnderstoodGuitarProductionsStudiosVersionsBells Author:Madonna Ciccone
“This man, I say, is most perfect who shall have understood everything for himself, after having devised what may be best afterward and unto the end.” MenMayEndsPerfectUnderstood Author:Hesiod
“It is always understood as an expression of condemnation when anything in Literature or Art is said to be done for effect; and yet to produce an effect is the aim and end of both.” ArtSaidEndsDoneLiteratureEffectsProduceExpressionUnderstoodArt IsAimCondemnation Book:The Principles of Success in Literature Source: The Principles of Success in Literature
“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
“About three years went by and I had become exhausted - really at the end of my rope almost - and I thought I couldn't last much longer... and at the very end, when I thought of giving it all up, suddenly I thought it was good. I knew that I now understood something about it and I painted it as easily as you can imagine.” GivingYearsEndsLastsThreeImagineUnderstoodThree YearsExhaustedRopeExhaustionGiving It All Author:Milton Resnick