Quotes About Preference

Preferring anything above Christ is the very essence of sin. It must be fought.

Delighting in God was not a mere preference or option in life; it was our joyful duty and should be the single passion of our lives.

Delighting in God was not a mere preference or option in life; it was our joyful duty and should be the single passion of our lives. Therefore to resolve to maximize his happiness in God was to resolve to show him more glorious than all other sources of happiness. Seeking happiness in God and glorifying God were the same.

And the essence of sin is preferring anything more than God. That is the root we must sever (daily!)—desiring anything more than God.

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Taste… is the only morality…. Tell me what you like, and I'll tell you what you are.

Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any living creature is What do you like Tell me what you like, I'll tell you what you are.

Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.

It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, is of a different opinion, it is only because they only know their own side of the question.

Of two pleasures, if there be one to which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.

When, therefore, those feelings and judgment declare the pleasures derived from the higher faculties to be preferable in kind, apart from the question of intensity, to those of which the animal nature, disjoined from the higher faculties, is susceptible, they are entitled on this subject to the same regard.

It is better to be human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied. It is better to be a Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.

It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig is of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question.

It is not owing to stupidity that they have preferred other forms of exercise to those of the mind.

I prefer redheads." "What?" She narrowed her eyes as the hairs on her neck stood to attention. So does my cheating prick of a husband. "Why did you say that?" A grin played at the ends of the hired gun's mouth. "Excuse me?" "Redheads. Why the fuck did you say that?" "I don't follow you." He shrugged. "It's a personal preference, nothing more." Her

We make desire, not truth, the real clue to what's valuable. If we desire something, then it has value; if not, we despise and reject.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

You'd think she'd be reasonable," he muttered. "Most people aren't, even though they'd protest that they are. They prefer to be coaxed or wheedled, or even driven. That way they never make a mistake: if there is one, it's always due to something or somebody else.

You take romance - I'll take Jell-O.

It's funny how cucumber water can taste so much better than pickle juice, even though they come from the same source.

They want you or they don't

But a first choice is not always the right choice.