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«We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell»
«When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.»
«Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.»
«Was I to believe him in earnest in his intention to penetrate to the centre of this massive globe? Had I been listening to the mad speculations of a lunatic, or to the scientific conclusions of a lofty genius? Where did truth stop? Where did error begin?»
«When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.»
«We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schopenhauer talked about how out of the randomness, there is an apparent intention in the fate of an individual that can be glimpsed later on. When you are an old guy, you can look back, and maybe this rambling life has some through-line. Others can see it better sometimes. But when you glimpse it yourself, you see it more clearly than anyone»
«There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act»
«The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.»
Author: Proverb | About: Goodness | Keywords: grandest, intention
«Veracity does not consist in saying, but in the intention of communicating the truth»
«The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed»
Author: Seneca | About: Gifts, Spirit | Keywords: acknowledged, debt, face value, intention, weighed

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