"But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end."

-- Aldous Huxley

#Mean Quotes #Ends Quotes #Determine Quotes

“I am fully and intensely aware that plants are conscious of love and respond to it as they do to nothing else.”

Source : Celia Thaxter (2008). “An Island Garden”, p.5, Applewood Books
“It so happened that Lucy, who found daily life rather chaotic, entered a more solid world when she opened the piano. She was then no longer either deferential or patronizing; no longer either a rebel or a slave.”
“Good leaders must first become good servants.”
“Constructive destruction is one of the most delightful employments in the world, and in civilized life the opportunities for it are only too rare.”
“Trust is almost always conditional, focused, qualified, and therefore limited.”

Source : Robert C. Solomon, Fernando Flores (2003). “Building Trust: In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life”, p.86, Oxford University Press
“Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble.”
“I am a very emotional person. I basically think and feel in emotion, so writing is much easier for me than communicating by voice or by talking to somebody just because I can really get into the emotion more succinctly with writing. So I guess that's what makes me a better writer than speaker.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I do not remember having felt, as a boy, any passion for mathematics, and such notions as I may have had of the career of a mathematician were far from noble. I thought of mathematics in terms of examinations and scholarships: I wanted to beat other boys, and this seemed to be the way in which I could do so most decisively.”

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