Aim Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The time has come for writers to become inaccessible again. The reason is not some kind of 'mystique' that makes people curious (though it…

— Andrei Codrescu

Environmental history was . . . born out of a moral purpose, with strong political commitments behind it, but also became, as it matured,…

— Donald Worster

“The Objectivist ethics, in essence, hold that man exists for his own sake, that the pursuit of his own happiness is his highest moral…

— Ayn Rand

To make our moral purpose efficient and useful, our minds must be as wide-awake and penetrating as possible.

— Senora Roy

There are certain stories that remind you of the moral purpose that originally drew you to become a reporter.

— David Grann

Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.

— Aristotle

“By the grace of reality and the nature of life, man–every man–is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake, and the…

— Ayn Rand

“What we have before us then, is three distinct purposes for a university: the commercial purpose (starting a career), Stephen Pinker’s cognitive purpose (acquiring…

— David Brooks

The only proper, moral purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence - to protect…

— Ayn Rand

Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself…

— Ayn Rand

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of…

— Ayn Rand

“I’ve never actually seen the military used to any higher moral purpose. There is always the bottom line, somewhere, somehow.”

— Stan Goff