Object

"Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge."

"The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful."

"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."

"The mind must be allowed to settle undisturbed over the object in order to secrete the pearl."

"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own."

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."

"A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government."

"One has no right to love or hate anything if one has not acquired a thorough knowledge of its nature. Great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you know it but little you will be able to love it only a little or not at all."