Logo
Quote by John Cage
The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in

The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. – John Cage

Other quotes by John Cage

We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life. – John Cage

Category:
Business
Author
John Cage
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Nature
category

Human nature is what Heaven supplies. – Xun Zi

Category:
Nature

People who dont see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools. – Bodhidharma

Category:
Nature

Truly it may be said that the outside of a mountain is good for the inside of a man. – George Wherry, Alpine Notes and the Climbing Foot, 1896

Category:
Nature

Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready for the seed, you are never again going to be fully happy about the cities and towns that man carries like a crippling weight upon his back. – Gwyn Thomas

Category:
Nature

Random Quotes

An art aims, above all, at producing something beautiful which affects not our feelings but the organ of pure contemplation, our imagination. – Eduard Hanslick

Category:
Imagination

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds. – Marianne Williamson

Category:
Love

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable the principles of it are troublesome. – Benjamin Whichcote

Category:
Religion

Theyre very, uh, you know, I dont come from the suburbs and a jolly, Disney type of lifestyle. I come from something totally different. And theyre cool and bare minimum so its not always a money issue for me. – Shia LaBeouf

Category:
cool