Quotes About Intent

You see, I explained to Joshua, what Joy is doing is ironic, yet that's not her intent. That's the difference between irony and sarcasm. Irony can be spontaneous, while sarcasm requires volition. You have to create sarcasm. No kidding? said Josh. Why do I waste my time with you?

You see," I explained to Joshua, "what Joy is doing is ironic, yet that's not her intent. That's the difference between irony and sarcasm. Irony can be spontaneous, while sarcasm requires volition. You have to create sarcasm.

Meaning comes from purpose.…

You act, and you know why you act, but you don't know why you know that you know what you do.

EÄŸer doÄŸru anl?yorsam, bir ÅŸey yap?yorsunuz ve niçin yapt???n?z? biliyorsunuz, ama ne yapt???n?z?, niçin bildiÄŸinizi bilmiyorsunuz.

One doesn't commit evil actions in the belief that one is acting wrongly. What allows one to commit such acts is the belief that it will contribute to a greater good.

Untouched by imagination or intellect, great actions become mere activity; it

Yet it is hard to find many wars that have resulted from miscommunications or misunderstandings. Far more often they break out because of malevolent intent and the absence of deterrence, or because a prior war ended without a clear resolution or without settling disagreements—in a manner of Rome's first two wars with Carthage. Again, Margaret Atwood was empirical when she wrote in her poem, "Wars happen because the ones who start them / think they can win.

The wolf had been trained by the man, or had trained himself unassisted, to divers wolfish arts, which swelled the receipts. Above all things, do not degenerate into a man, his friend would say to him. Never did the wolf bite: the man did now and then. At least, to bite was the intent of Ursus. He was a misanthrope, and to italicize his misanthropy he had made himself a juggler. To live, also; for the stomach has to be consulted.

The slashers have finished; it was the turn of the thinkers. The century that Waterloo was intended to arrest has pursued its march. That sinister victory was vanquished by liberty.

It isn't magic, just a focus for the will. A powerful will might not even need it" -Brimstone

I hope, child, but I don't wish. There's a difference.

Wishes don't just come true. They're only the target you paint around what you want. You still have to hit the bulls-eye yourself.

We talk on principle, but we act on interest.

Sebastian never does anything just for fun." Jace took Clary's hand and pulled her toward him. "But I do.

So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.

I don't think she meant any harm." "I'm sure she didn't. But people do plenty of harm when they didn't mean any. It happens all the time.

But people do plenty of harm when they didn't mean any. It happens all the time.

Why was she in such a rush to tell him that?

An accused person may admit or deny that he did something, or that he did it on purpose, but he never admits or denies having willed.

If one wanted to gain real understanding of Speer, one had to realize first that almost everything he did–though, as shown by some of our talks, not quite everything–had a purpose, generally directed towards his own benefit.

Deo snage sam koja vazda zeli da tvori zlo, a uvek dobro sazda.

The key question I learned to ask myself when I read was, "What is the author trying to say?

you need to know what you're aiming for in order to reach it.