Means Quotes
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Even truthfulness is but one means to knowledge, a ladder--but not the ladder.
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Without [diversion] we would be in a state of weariness, and this weariness would spur us on to seek a more solid means of escaping from it. But diversion amuses us, and leads us unconsciously to death.
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B.O.Y. means ‘Beware of You’… Be aware of your power. We have the choice to live positively or in our own destruction.
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What I say is that 'just' or 'right' means nothing but what is in the interest of the stronger party.
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But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or perhaps even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.
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Truth and nonviolence are both the means and the end, and given the right type of men, the legislatures can be the means of achieving the concrete pursuit of truth and nonviolence.
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That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends.
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To me, liberation doesn't mean that I can think just like a man. Real liberation means that I can think, act, and be like a woman and receive equal respect, honor, and compensation.
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Means are not to be distinguished from ends. If violent means are used, there will be bad results.
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The troops are therefore empowered and are in duty bound in this war to use without mitigation even against women and children any means that will lead to success.
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I grew up in South Florida, and my family was pretty poor. We weren't your upper-class whites by any means.
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Patience means self-suffering.
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When anyone says they often think something, it means they've just thought of it now.
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Nature...does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
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So I have tried to make it clear that it is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends. But now I must affirm that it is just as wrong, or even more so, to use moral means to preserve immoral ends.
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Swaraj for me means freedom for the meanest of countrymen.
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To have peace in the world, men & nations must embrace the nonviolent assertion that ends and means must cohere.
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More always means worse.
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God wishes to exhaust all means of kindness before His hand takes hold on justice.
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When you find your reason for living, hold onto it. Never let it go. Even if it means burning other bridges along the way.
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Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.
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Each time I saw a cliff, I wondered whether I could free solo it. My life shaped itself around the understanding that falling means I die. To break the paradigm I had to empty out my essence, rummaging for fundamentals I thought were gone forever.
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Soreness is not something you should always look for. It's good once in a while: it means you are pushing back on plateaus. But just because you aren't sore doesn't mean you aren't working hard.
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We simply need that wild country available to us... For it can be a means of reassuring ourselves of our sanity as creatures, a part of the geography of hope.
