#prevent

Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it. ↗

— Walter Kaufmann

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We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent unintended pregnancy. We believe that a woman considering an abortion should not be forced to have an ultrasound against her will. ↗

— Nancy Keenan

#against #because #believe #considering #family

The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect. ↗

— Henry Knox

#constitution #effect #exerted #federal #frame

I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science. ↗

— Donald Knuth

#better ways #computer #computer science #contributions #current

We cannot lightly allow the perpetrator of a serious crime to go free simply because that person believed his actions were reasonable and necessary to prevent some perceived harm. ↗

— Sol Wachtler

#allow #because #believed #cannot #crime

We can best help you to prevent war not by repeating your words and following your methods but by finding new words and creating new methods. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#creating #finding #following #help #methods

You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done. ↗

— Chuck Yeager

#done #getting #great #job #necessary

The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#others #own #poor #prevented #rich

When people recover from depression via psychotherapy, their attributions about recovery are likely to be different than those of people who have been treated with medication. Psychotherapy is a learning experience. Improvement is not produced by an external substance, but by changes within the person. It is like learning to read, write or ride a bicycle. Once you have learned, the skills stays with you. People no not become illiterate after they graduate from school, and if they get rusty at riding a bicycle, the skill can be acquired with relatively little practice. Furthermore, part of what a person might learn in therapy is to expect downturns in mood and to interpret them as a normal part of their life, rather than as an indication of an underlying disorder. This understanding, along with the skills that the person has learned for coping with negative moods and situations, can help to prevent a depressive relapse. ↗

— Irving Kirsch

#prevention #skills #therapy #understanding #change

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

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