end in itself

He came to see that literature should not be an end in itself but the expression of conviction and the garment of noble emotion.

Going on, as we do, obsessively trying to improve our conditions, can become an end in itself, and a pointless distraction.

Think of love as a state of grace. . . not the me ans to anything. but the alpha and omega. an end in itself.

I don't claim to have become good at these things, but practicing is now an end in itself for me, and I think I'm getting better.

Never think of investment capital as an end in itself, it's simply a tool to carry you and your company forward.

"All leaders recognize that fiscal consolidation is not an end in itself, " he said.

Governments may focus everything on increasing their GDP growth rate, treating it as an end in itself when it should not be.

They see the wedding as an end in itself when it is only the beginning.

The Office leverages CPC designation not as an end in itself, but as an effective tool for encouraging progress on religious freedom.

Krishnamurti: Do you think happiness is an end in itself? Or does it come as a secondary thing in living intelligently?

Exploration can be an end in itself but it also offers the land for other developments.

And yet it must never sound merely virtuosic. Mozart's music is never an end in itself.

In this sense, I never bring comfort and happiness of life as an end in itself - the ethical basis, I call it pigsty-style ideal.

Many students say they are pursuing their subject out of love, and that education is an end in itself.

The idea of form as neither an end in itself nor as a result of design but as an instrument of design seems still quite difficult to grasp.

Money is not an end in itself, just a means to an end.

Acquiring knowledge is not an end in itself, but only a means to an end. Knowledge without purpose is useless.

Technologies do exist to manufacture propylene as an end in itself, rather than as a by-product.

I feel that the loudness of Greg's guitars is a by-product of their musical qualities rather than an end in itself.

It believed that intellectual property was not an end in itself, but a tool to foster innovation.

As such, political and social activism was an end in itself.

The race to the moon was an end in itself - a magnificent "stunt" , driven by superpower rivalry.

Gragert still believes one of learn's most important missions is promoting collaboration, both as a learning tool and an end in itself.

For the old lady buying the daily newspaper soon became an end in itself, since she really just wanted to chat with the shopkeeper.

The writing may have started as an end in itself for many, but other interests have started to take centre stage.

Nothing is easier to achieve than full employment, once it is divorced from the goal of full production and taken as an end in itself.

Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths---Sydney J. Harris, American journalist.

But innovative design always develops in tandem with innovative technology, and can never be an end in itself.

For us in the development community, good governance is not an end in itself. It is a foundation of the path out of poverty.

With cheap cycles and core, terseness should not be an end in itself.

Pleasure is the final cause of beauty and thus is not a means to another end, but an end in itself.

As with religion, so with my emotions, I felt no need for any underlying truth, my excitement being an end in itself.

A voluntary society (i. e. "anarchy" ) is not an end in itself; it's just that living in one would make onelive a happy and moral life.

Collecting and presenting status information should not become an end in itself.

This will require many to adopt a new mindset, viewing open source more as a means than an end in itself.

Become the practice of self-realization, self-value of the means and tools, rather than an end in itself.

The station is "off the planet and it's the first step outward -- not an end in itself but a step along the way. "

For that reason I regard this broken color system of starting not only as an end in itself, but also as a means to an end.

Their method makes interpretation an end in itself and just leaves application to the Holy Spirit.

There is a tendency among westerners who have forgotten their own history to view democracy dogmatically as an end in itself.

Physical sexual activity is a tool to enhance this perception of spiritual unity, not an end in itself.

Disclosure is not a panacea for every problem nor even an end in itself.

This is what we will consider OpenERP to be: not an end in itself but just the tool you use to put an advanced management system into place.

But too few technology firms see "ease of use" as an end in itself.

It has also become an end in itself, with some EU leaders calling for Europe to grow purely in order to maintain its social-welfare systems.

Second, fortune: not an end in itself, but good for creating more opportunities.

After all, copyleft is a means to an end (users' freedom), not an end in itself.

I see the pursuit of greater courage, consciousness, and conscience as an end in itself.

Analysis is not an end in itself, unless you get a job as an analyst for a company.

This engagement is no end in itself.

For Maurer, unusual design is not an end in itself.

Jesus taught that spiritual maturity is never an end in itself.

Thought is an end in itself, like music.

Remember that OOP is a methodology, not an end in itself.

Increasingly, the sunshine policy has become an end in itself.

Helping bankers is not an end in itself.

It is a process and an ethic, not an end in itself.

While the CHA survey confirms that CR matters to employees, it is not an end in itself.

Talking is not an end in itself.

The means become the end, an end in itself been forgotten.

is a mean to an end, not an end in itself.

The euro is not an end in itself.

Life sustenance is also a means to ensure life to pursue the kinds of senses and values set by Nature; it is not an end in itself.

That's because the internet is a medium of communication, not an end in itself.

Indeed, financial sustainability is not an end in itself;

Democracy is a process, a means to the end, not the end in itself;

Spiritual maturity is never an end in itself