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Intellectual effort for its own sake, they call eccentricity. — Arthur Schopenhauer

What, indeed? It is art for art's sake, Watson. — Arthur Conan Doyle

If philosophy is to be a valuable part of life, we have to appreciate it for its own sake, and not just for what it's done for us lately. — Julian Baggini

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaining it. — Georges Bataille

We never do any thing well, unless we love it for its own sake. — Mary Wollstonecraft

Love is the ultimate, the end. You love for love's own sake. It is not a means to anything else, it is its own end. — Rajneesh

L have no fear of change as such and, on the other hand, no liking for it merely for its own sake. — Robert Moses

A calling is the most satisfying form of work because, as gratification, it is done for its own sake rather than for the material benefits it brings, — Daniel H. Pink

I do not believe that God tortures any person simply for its own sake. I believe that God enables all things to work for the greater good. — James McGreevey

How much change can a person absorb before everything loses meaning Living for its own sake isn't life. People need meaning as much as they need air. — Daniel H. Wilson

Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids. — Colin Powell

I think what's always important is not to be contrarian for its own sake but to really get at the truth. — Peter Thiel

Change for its own sake doesn't make life more interesting; it only makes it different. — Dennis Vickers

Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake. — Wole Soyinka

It is not for its own sake that men desire money, but for the sake of what they can purchase with it. — Adam Smith

He enjoyed life for its own sake, not for material possessions. Life was the exact opposite of money, which in itself meant nothing. — Sergei Lukyanenko

Cubism is ... a picture for its own sake.
Literary Cubism does the same thing in literature, using reality merely as a means and not as an end. — Max Jacob

Change is not for its own sake, it's the means to the end, not the end. — Pearl Zhu

Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake. — E. O. Wilson

Nowhere in Scripture do we find doctrine studied for its own sake or in isolation from life. — Wayne Grudem

Happy is the man who has acquired the love of walking for its own sake! — William Jacob Holland

Working is beautiful and rewarding, but acquisition of wealth for its own sake is disgusting. — Robert Bunsen

Secrecy can spring from the best motives; but as it grows it begins to exist only for itself, only for its own sake, only to cover its own abuses. — Christopher Dodd

Women don't seek power for its own sake, but to make a difference and overcome each challenge — Kathleen Wynne

Craftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse, the desire to do a job well for its own sake. — Richard Sennett

Not everyone is willing to defend a position of 'not knowing.' There is no virtue in ignorance for its own sake. — B.F. Skinner

The modern man thinks that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for its own sake. — Bertrand Russell

Amusement that is excessive and followed only for its own sake, allures and deceives us. — Blaise Pascal

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort. — Robert Quillen

Whatever can be taken away from a lasting enjoyment for its own sake cannot possibly be the proper object of desire. — Hannah Arendt

It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways. — Paul Nurse

There's no such thing as evil for its own sake. All evil is motivated - even mine {Lucifer}. — Glen Duncan

Knowledge pursued for its own sake - that's the definition of education, as opposed to training. — Jane Haddam

I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives. — Peter Hammill

I've always loved just learning stuff for its own sake. Just to be smarter about the world around me. — Cory Doctorow

I like poems that affect me emotionally and also provoke me to further, deeper thought. I enjoy challenge, but not, I think, for its own sake. — James Arthur

I learned to love dance for its own sake. — Suzanne Farrell

Everything I'm doing musically is for its own sake. I'm recording at my house, trying really hard to write songs with a four-track tape recorder. — Bucky Pope

The Revolution had reached that classic mature stage where it existed only for its own sake. — Ben Fountain

Although he didn't care much about any subject for its own sake, he cared a great deal about marks (grades or comparisons). — C.S. Lewis

The world often seemed more like a template for fiction than something that should be indulged in for its own sake. — Dan Simmons

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake. — Roger Stone

Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own. (1804) — Benjamin Constant

The world exists for its own sake, not for ours. Swallow *that* pill! — Edward Abbey

An opening and a receptiveness to design and pattern for its own sake seems to free the painting hand. — Robert Genn

The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake. — Arnold J. Toynbee

I personally don't feel the need to be radical for its own sake, but I probably couldn't if I tried anyway. — Jesse Eisenberg

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. — Margaret Thatcher

You never find virtuosity for its own sake. — Daniel Hope

I think it was important that I learned to love to dance eventually for its own sake, as opposed to wanting to be a ballerina. — Suzanne Farrell

Knowledge for its own sake was meaningless, its mere accumulation a waste of time. Knowledge must lead to understanding. — Moses Finley

This is excellence - the following of anything for its own sake and with its own integrity ... — Freya Stark

If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved. Similarly if nothing is obligatory for its own sake, nothing is obligatory at all. — C.S. Lewis

It's possible to make things that aren't just money-makers. Something wonderful for its own sake. — Jonathan Safran Foer

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake. — Mahatma Gandhi

To enjoy - to love a thing for its own sake and for no other reason. — Leonardo Da Vinci

The only form of lying that is absolutely beyond reproach is lying for its own sake. — Oscar Wilde

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. — George Bernard Shaw

I was to be buried inside my own creation, the better to keep its secrets. I will not tell you more, for your sake. But if you ask, I will answer. — Jedediah Berry

Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine. — Tryon Edwards

Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer. — Alan Hirsch

While men believe themselves to be seeking truth for its own sake, they are in fact seeking life in truth. — Miguel De Unamuno

Power tends to protect itself merely to maintain its own status and control. Principle gives up power for the sake of creating the best public policy. — Dan Webster

To pursue happiness for its own sake is the surest way to lose it. — George Roche

There is no value in the reading of Scripture for its own sake, but only if it effectively introduces us to Jesus Christ. — John R.W. Stott

The carpenter, lab technician, and conductor are all craftsmen because they are dedicated to good work for its own sake. — Richard Sennett

Dogma in power does have a unique chilling ingredient not exhibited by power, however ghastly, wielded for its own traditional sake. — Christopher Hitchens

Most of all, Creation must be protected for its own sake, even if we currently assign no value or an incorrect value to it. — Klaus Topfer

We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake. — Pema Chodron

Growth purely for its own sake is the philosophy of cancer. — Jasper Fforde

I like accuracy for its own sake, strive after it myself, and am sometimes guilty of forcing it upon others.
-Bunny — E.W. Hornung

Truth, for its own sake, had never been a virtue with the Roman clergy. — Charles Kingsley

If we pursue theological knowledge for its own sake, it's bound to go bad on us. It will make us proud and conceited. — J.I. Packer

I have never designed a language for its own sake. — Niklaus Wirth

We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause. — Steven Pressfield

Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change. — Ed Miliband

Even without success, creative persons find joy in a job well done. Learning for its own sake is rewarding. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

If you let fear make decisions for you, fear will make good decisions - but only for its own sake, not yours. p. 161 — Bridget Asher