Chance Quote by Greg Egan

If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples; if it be unfamiliar, make it figure as part of a story;…

— William James

If we look on idly, heaven and earth will never be joined. To join heaven and earth, some decisive deed of purity is necessary.…

— Yukio Mishima

Love...no such thing. Whatever it is that binds families and married couples together, that's not love. That's stupidity or selfishness or fear. Love doesn't…

— Arthur Rimbaud

My father was the only man I ever knew who really loved me unselfishly, who never used me for personal gain.

— Jayne Mansfield

Some people seek meaning in life through personal gain, through personal relationship, or through personal experiences. However, it seems to me that being blessed…

— Michio Kaku

But weightier still are the contentment which comes from work well done, the sense of the value of science for its own sake, insatiable…

— Lawrence Joseph Henderson

They who seek religion for culture's sake are aesthetic, not religious, and will never gain that grace which religion adds to culture, because they…

— John Campbell Shairp

Goodness is weakness, pleasantness is poisonous, serenity is mediocrity and kindness is for losers. The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts –…

— Jasper Fforde

“Intelligence must be used for the benefit, and not to the detriment, of society. Those who use intelligence for their own personal gain or…

— Veronica Roth

“Let's just say that Pitt has a ton of balls, the brains to go with them, and an uncanny knack for knocking the shit…

— Al Giordino

“Evil is not just a theory of paradox, but an actual entity that exists only for itself. From its ether of manifestation that is…

— R.G. Risch

To be free is to put justice, truth and service to others over and above our personal gain or our need for recognition, power,…

— Jean Vanier