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In 'The Republic' he [Plato] states that the enjoyment of food is not a true pleasure because the purpose of eating is to relieve pain - hunger.

In thermodynamics as well as in other branches of molecular physics , the laws of phenomena have to a certain extent been anticipated, and their investigation facilitated, by the aid of hypotheses as to occult molecular structures and motions with which such phenomena are assumed to be connected. The hypothesis which has answered that purpose in the case of thermodynamics, is called that of "molecular vortices," or otherwise, the "centrifugal theory of elasticity.

In the scientific community, the debate is over, for all intents and purposes, about whether or not the planet is heating and who is causing it. In fact, it's more or less been over since 1995.

In the university of God, however brilliant you may be, you will not be given double promotion. You must take every course, because each course serves a purpose.

In the very corner of my soul there is an altar to a different god.

In the works of Nature, purpose, not accident, is the main thing.

In this way, a permanent energy field of a pure and high frequency will arise between you. No illusion, no pain, no conflict, nothing that is not you, and nothing that is not love can survive in it. This represents the the fulfillment of the divine transpersonal purpose of your relationship.

In those days, when my hands were much employed, I read but little, but the least scraps of paper which lay on the ground, my holder, or tablecloth, afforded me as much entertainment, in fact answered the same purpose as the Iliad.

In truth, Edward Teller ran the Livermore Lab, but for public purposes he liked it better to be known as only an associate director

In Victorian times the purpose of life was to develop a personality once and for all and then stand on it.

I only mean forty per cent of what I say.

I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew that, all the rest is simply equations. But as I got older I became less concerned with how the universe began. Rather, I would want to know why he started the universe. For once I knew that answer, then I would know the purpose of my own life.

I personally believe that each of us was put here for a purpose -- to build not to destroy. If I can make people smile, then I have served my purpose for God.

I prayed to rediscover my childhood, and it has come back, and I feel that it is just as difficult as it used to be, and that growing older has served no purpose at all.

I produce the records. I don't hand over control to some really expensive producer who then talks to the record company and then tries to bend me to their will - for commercial purposes.

I read more books for research purposes, whether its a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.

I realized that the only purpose to revolution is to be able to love who you want, how you want, when you want and where you want.

I really connect with music that has a point, that's not just a heavy riff and cool sounds. I always like it to have a purpose.

I recall drinking sherry in California and dreaming of England, where I ate dalmoth and dreamed of Delhi. What is the purpose, I wonder, of all this restlessness? I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.

I remember when the big shift happened in 1996-97, when suddenly it dawned on the music community: 'We should license our music to commercials and sell out for all intents and purposes. It doesn't really matter.'

I said that this would be a Budget based on prudence for a purpose and that guides us also in our approach to public spending.

I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in.

I serve God, and my purpose is to please Him, and if God be for you, who can be against you?

I see no purpose in Bad Coffee, Bad Wine, or Insincere friends.

I sit in my garden, gazing upon a beauty that cannot gaze upon itself. And I find sufficient purpose for my day.

Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.

Is love supposed to ruin you? It seems to me you shouldn't destroy yourself out of life for purposes of love--or what good is it?

Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God's creation.

Is there conscience in the Kremlin? Do they ever ask themselves what is the purpose of life? What is it all for?... No. Their creed is barren of conscience, immune to the promptings of good and evil.

I suspect that many of us, if given the chance to make one person in our lives love us more, would have no trouble in choosing where to point a finger. We are all needy, all vulnerable, all terrified that perhaps that person has an excellent reason to withhold affection. We shape our purposes to make ourselves worthy and often do not see until much later how it was love-or perhaps the lack of it-that both picked us up and dropped us off at crossroads.

I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately.

It can have a secular purpose and have a relationship to God because God was presumed to be both over the state and the church, and separation of church and state was never meant to separate God from government.

Italian journalism is free because it serves one cause and one purpose... mine!

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.

It cannot suffice to invent new machines, new regulations, new institutions. It is necessary to change and improve our understanding of the true purpose of what we are and what we do in the world. Only such a new understanding will allow us to develop new models of behavior, new scales of values and goals, and thereby invest the global regulations, treaties and institutions with a new spirit and meaning.

It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.

It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.

I tell you this: The purpose of life is not to please God. The purpose of life is to know, and to recreate, Who You Are.

It has been the bankers' destiny ... to find themselves on the dangerous edge of the world, pointing up the contradictions and cross-purposes. They are not often loved for it.

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

It has been handed down in mythical form from earliest times to posterity, that there are gods, and that the divine (Deity) compasses all nature. All beside this has been added, after the mythical style, for the purpose of persuading the multitude, and for the interests of the laws, and the advantage of the state.

It fulfils the purpose of Universities if they can find out ways of achieving those feats which haven't been achieved till now.

It has been my experience that nothing changes a person's life more than the discovery of one solitary truth: There is a meaning and purpose to life. More specifically: There is a meaning and purpose to your life.

I think my mission is to become the greatest human I can. I know that sounds pompous, but what else do we have?

I think if people raise their consciousness and find a purpose, everybody will be helped.

I think it serves the purpose of the film if the premise is that you're unsure of me because you've only ever really seen me play villains.

I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.

I think some people ramp a side of themselves up for performance purposes.

I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it.

I think photojournalism is documentary photography with a purpose.