The purpose of prayer is emphatically not to bend God's will to ours, but rather to align our will to his.
Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit.
Aging is no accident. It is necessary to the human condition, intended by the soul. We become more characteristic of who we are simply by lasting into later years; the older we become, the more our true natures emerge. Thus the final years have a very important purpose: the fulfillment and confirmation of one’s character.
Freedom without any purpose feels a whole lot like boredom.
I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence.
Nobody since Newton has been able to use geometrical methods to the same extent for the like purposes; and as we read the Principia we feel as when we are in an ancient armoury where the weapons are of gigantic size; and as we look at them we marvel what manner of man he was who could use as a weapon what we can scarcely lift as a burden.
But let me tell you what happens when regulations go too far, when they seem to exist only for the purpose of justifying the existence of a regulator. It kills the people trying to start a business.
Whatever you are struggling with, is a reminder for you to find your true purpose in this lifetime.
In our factions, we find meaning, we find purpose, we find life.
Classical buildings endure because they are loved, admired and accepted, and enjoy an innate adaption to human needs and purposes.
There's so much more purpose behind my getting up in the morning. Business is hard, really hard, but it's worth it.
The law has no claim to human respect. It has no civilizing mission; its only purpose is to protect exploitation.
I would have preferred to capture bin Laden and expose how he uses Islamic ideology for his own purposes.
At the moment you're suffering from what we call Maya. Maya is illusion. Maya is a Sanskrit word that suggests that we have forgotten. We've forgotten the purpose of life.
If you want to feel connected to your own purpose, know this for certain: Your purpose will only be found in service to others, and in being connected to the something far greater than your mindbodyego.
The purpose of going to Mars is for humans to first begin to occupy, permanently, another planet in the solar system. The astronauts or pilgrims, whatever you might call them, are going to be very historically unique human beings.
I love the man that is modestly valiant; that stirs not till he most needs, and then to purpose. A continued patience I commend not.
Integrity is not about the action but its purpose. Are you doing it for everyone's wellbeing or for your own benefit?
The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.
And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).