"He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever."

Goal, Purpose, Being, Devotion

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"He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever."

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"The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self."

Marianne Williamson, American Author

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"With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption."

Arthur Erickson, Canadian Architect

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"I don't set goals for myself too much, but I'm always trying to write that one great song."

Sheryl Crow, American Musician

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"Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours."

Doug Larson, American Cartoonist

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"My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals."

Jessica Savitch, American Journalist

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"Nowadays, as soon as a striker scores three goals, everyone starts asking him about it."

Just Fontaine, French Athlete

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"One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written."

Mac Davis, American Musician

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"A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go."

Max Eastman, American Author

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"I think I'll take my record of 13 goals to the grave."

Just Fontaine, French Athlete

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"At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it."

Fred Saberhagen, American Author

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"Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose."

Law

"But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying that we crave."

Customer

"Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own, for every man has a different set of circumstances wherein to work - or worry."

Work

"She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good."

Woman

"War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle."

War

"Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning; and life at that price is not worth living."

Death

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