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211 Own Sake quotes by 172 unique authors

In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for… — Arthur C. Clarke
Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely soley upon science and reason, because these are necessary… — Christopher Hitchens
There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are thoughts or… — Terry Goodkind
I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake I must forgive… — Oscar Wilde
In using all means, seek God alone. In and through every outward thing, look only to the power of His Spirit, and the merits of… — John Wesley
I have something to say to the religionist who feels atheists never say anything positive: You are an intelligent human being. Your life is valuable… — Dan Barker
Love does not traffic in a marketplace, nor use a huckster's scales. Its joy, like the joy of the intellect, is to feel itself alive.… — Oscar Wilde
It's where we're nearest to our humanness. Useless knowledge for its own sake. Useful knowledge is good, too, but it's for the faint-hearted, an elaboration… — Tom Stoppard
A philosopher is a lover of wisdom, not of knowledge, which for all its great uses ultimately suffers from the crippling effect of ephemerality. All… — Shashi Tharoor
Here is something that the psychologists have so far neglected: the love of ugliness for its own sake, the lust to make the world intolerable.… — H. L. Mencken
How much change can a person absorb before everything loses meaning Living for its own sake isn't life. People need meaning as much as they… — Daniel H. Wilson
What makes us leave what we love best? What is it inside us that keeps erasing itself When we need it most, That sends us… — Charles Wright
The problem of reconciling human suffering with the existence of a God who loves, is only insoluble so long as we attach a trivial meaning… — C.S. Lewis
We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause. — Steven Pressfield
Please, God,' Ruth would pray, 'don't let me be competitive. Let me realize what a privilege it is to study. Let me remember that knowledge… — Eva Ibbotson
As for religious faith, a lack of it shouldn't stop us from doing good deeds for their own sake. — Juliet Marillier
He wrote one more paragraph for his own sake, to see what he had to say. — Sebastian Faulks
...not everyone is willing to defend a position of 'not knowing.' There is no virtue in ignorance for its own sake. — B.F. Skinner
Neither son loved the father for himself. They both were using the father for their own self-centered ends rather than loving, enjoying, and serving him… — Timothy Keller
The notion of evil for its own sake strikes me as boring -- all these Dark Lords intent on creating wastelands packed with enslaved victims...… — Steven Erikson
As sisters, they probably have closer to 99 percent in common, but they’re not about to recognize that. They’d rather fight over what kind of… — David Levithan
What if you love knowledge for its own sake, not necessarily as a blueprint to action? What if you wish there were more, not fewer… — Susan Cain
Human love is directed to the other person for his own sake, spiritual love loves him for Christ's sake. Therefore, human love seeks direct contact… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Love is essential; gregariousness is optional. Cherish your nearest and dearest. Work with colleagues you like and respect. Scan new acquaintances for those who might… — Susan Cain
Perhaps [James Herondale] loved vice for vice's own sake. — Cassandra Clare

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