"It's obvious that there are vast variety of consequentialist views, depending on what we think goodness consists in, what our notion of consequence is, and what level (or levels) of human action we think the principle should be applied."

-- Dale Jamieson

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“I learn to love the thing that has to be erased, the thing I may not be allowed to keep, sand that runs away beneath my running feet.”

Source : Imtiaz Dharker (2009). “Leaving Fingerprints”, Bloodaxe Books Limited
“The Puritans were obsessed with the dangers of wealth.”

Source : Leland Ryken (2010). “Worldly Saints: The Puritans As They Really Were”, p.22, Harper Collins
“Germany, I think, was first to substitute a Social Security program for its elderly based on this premise, that is, that we would tax workers to pay retirement benefits for those retired.”
“I was very against pink and purple when I was young, because they were girls' colors. But that was only because I didn't want people to write me off for what I can do. When I got into my 20s, I decided that was stupid.”
“Worship is at the center of everything that the church believes, practices, and seeks to accomplish”
“Words may inspire but only action creates change.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 09, 2012
“Surrender one hair, and you'll end up beardless.”
“Just because we've never done it doesn't mean we can't do it.”

Source : Eva Ibbotson (2009). “The Dragonfly Pool”, p.65, Penguin

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