#ends

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means. ↗

— Francis Hutcheson

#denotes #ends #means #pursuing #wisdom

The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#depends #gentleman #ignorance #inspiration #reads

IT may be proper to observe further, that this Duty is not confined to those who live under any one particular Form of Government: It extends to the Subjects of all regular States, lawfully established. ↗

— Charles Inglis

#confined #duty #established #extends #form

Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#ends #exist #experience #form #our

But the perception of life as an organic unity is a slow achievement, and depends for its growth on a people's entry into the main current of world-events. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#current #depends #entry #growth #into

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#enemies #friends #intellect #looks #beauty

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them ↗

— Thomas Merton

#love #self-discovery #trust #truth #friendship

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#piglet #pooh #reassurance #friendship

We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#friendship

I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light. ↗

— Helen Keller

#friendship