#intrinsic

Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#disorder #evil #homosexual #inclination #intrinsic

There is hardly an activity that a person can think about that does not intrinsically involve energy, most of which is currently provided by fossil fuels. ↗

— Lee R. Raymond

#activity #currently #does #energy #fossil

Music has an intrinsic value that touches Americans - they love their music, and want more. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#love #more #music #their #touches

From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician. ↗

— James Jeans

#architect #begins #creation #evidence #great

A lot of actors on film sets... very often they're not paying attention to the physical world around them. I think through studying art, I've always had that awareness and that's something that I've wanted to bring in to go beyond acting... As a form of expression, they are intrinsically linked. ↗

— Andy Serkis

#always #around #art #attention #awareness

There are elements of intrinsic beauty in the simplification of a house built on the log cabin idea. ↗

— Gustav Stickley

#built #cabin #elements #house #idea

You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn’t determine who you are. You must all realize what you’re worth on your own. ↗

— Koushun Takami

#inspirational #intrinsic-value #japanese #life #self-confidence

Now all my tales are based on the fundemental premise that common human laws and interests and emotions have no validity or significance in the vast cosmos-at-large.... To achieve the essence of real externality, whether of time or space or dimension, one must forget that such things as organic life, good and evil, love and hate, and all such local attributes of a negligible and temporary race called mankind, have any existence at all. ↗

— H.P. Lovecraft

#meaning-of-life #objective #real-externality #life

It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's not intrinsic for me to be crafty, so I would have to go outside for a source of origin. I think of myself as pretty dim. ↗

— Stephen Root

#bent #character #comedy #crafty #dim

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface. ↗

— James Bryant Conant

#appears #behavior #below #correct #corrupt