Quotes About Means

If the end doesn't justify the means, what does? (Robert Moses)

Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.

A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of monopoly in the means of production.

Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that conflict through debate is a powerful means of revealing truth.

He that desireth to acquire any art or science seeketh first those means by which that art or science is obtained. If we ought to do so in things natural and earthly, how much more then in spiritual?

There is no way of accounting for the incongruities of architects. They have their dreams, we suppose, like the poets; and failing to establish a reputation by legitimate means, they seek notoriety by eccentricities.

The common problem, yours, mine, everyone's,Is—not to fancy what were fair in lifeProvided it could be—but, finding firstWhat may be, then find how to make it fairUp to our means.

He went on to explain that "the greatest merit of Chernyshevsky lies not only in showing that any right-minded and truly decent person must be a revolutionary, but also something still more important: he showed what sort of person a revolutionary should be, what rules of conduct he should follow, how he should proceed to his goal, and by what means he should attain it."[18]

Surely the gods, given their immortal powers, should be able to find more articulate means of communication than snowflakes. Why not send us a letter?

Aid me Heaven,' she cried, 'in the adoption of some means of action on the occasion. Is there anyone with whom I dare advise?

The end did not justify the means, but justifiable means that brought about a fair and necessary conclusion were not to be dismissed.

Basically, though, there is just one teaching—the Four Noble Truths—and all of the Buddha's other teachings fit within that framework: there is suffering; there is a cause for that suffering; there is an end to it, and there is a means to that end.

Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.

An organized product of nature is that in which all the parts are mutually ends and means.

In the hands of Science and indomitable energy, results the most gigantic and absorbing may be wrought out by skilful combinations of acknowledged data and the simplest means.

Science is a systematic means of gaining reliable knowledge.

Money is a tool we use to reach certain ends. Nothing more, nothing less. It's hard to come by, though, so when opportunities arise, we need to make the most of them.

The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others.

We accepted education as the means to rise above the limitations that a prejudiced society endeavored to place upon us.

There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you may find that you've constructed an entire philosophy of evil.

The soul is frail, but God is full of compassion for the distress of the soul, for the failure of the heart. It is said in the Talmud: "There are some who desire [to help others] but have not the means; whilst others have the means [and help] but have not the desire [to help]." Yet both kinds of people are holy in the eyes of God.4

pasturing among a herd of cattle and cast about for some means of getting him into his clutches; so he sent him word that he was sacrificing a sheep, and asked if he would do him the honour of dining with him. The Bull accepted the invitation, but, on arriving at the Lion's den, he saw a great array of

In fact, Hutchins continues, by splitting the human lifeworld in the way they do, positivism and pragmatism leave us with "a colossal confusion of means and ends. Wealth and power become the ends of life," because the realm of value is the realm of opinion, in which I seek nothing more than easy justifications for my desires.

peculiar human trait of trying to solve a problem through external means without bringing about any internal transformation.