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“Darwin's greatest achievement was to show that the appearance of purpose, planning, teleology (design), and intentionality in the origin and development of human and animal species was entirely an illusion. The illusion could be explained by evolutionary processes that contained no such purpose at all. But the spread of ideas through imitation required the whole apparatus of human consciousness and intentionality”

“Buzyness, however, is moral laziness because it involves refusing to live with courage and intentionality.”

Moral Courage Laziness Intentionality

Book:Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness

Source: Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness

“No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.”

“Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributions of intentionality to them; but I take it no philosophical ice is cut by such examples.”

Purpose Natural Cutting Example Tools Philosophical Ice Extensions Metaphorical Intentionality Attribution

Author:John Searle

“We go to school and teachers teach us to read and write but nobody teaches us about the purposeful commitment and intentionality it takes to make our marriages healthy and sustain love over a lifetime. Most people seem to think love should "naturally" sustain itself as it did during the beginning of our relationship with each other -but that just isn't realistic.”

People Thinking Should Writing Seems School Teach Teacher Healthy Commitment Lifetime Preparation Realistic Our Relationship Intentionality Schools And Teachers

Author:Cindy Wright

“The origin of agriculture involved both human intentionality and a set of underlying ecological and evolutionary principles.”

Humans Principles Food Involved Eating Cooking Intention Agriculture Ecological Intentionality

Author:Kent V. Flannery

“It is through the intentionality of poetic imagination that the poet's soul discovers the opening of consciousness common to all true poetry.”

Soul Poetry Imagination Common Consciousness Poet Opening Poetic Intentionality

Author:Gaston Bachelard

“Integrity is unity of the personality; it implies being brutally honest with ourselves about our intentionality. Since intentionality is inextricably bound up with the daimonic, this is never an easy, nor always pleasant pursuit. But being willing to admit our daimonic tendencies - to know them consciously and to wisely oversee them - brings with it the invaluable blessing of freedom, vigor, inner strength, and self-acceptance.”

Source: Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic: The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil, and Creativity

“Time and time again when I talk to individuals about approaching love with will and intentionality, I hear the fear expressed that this will bring an end to romance. This is simply not so. Approaching romantic love from foundation of care, knowledge, and respect actually intensifies romance”

Ends Care Romance Individual Foundation Romantic Love Intentionality

Author:Bell Hooks