Intelligence, Kant reminds, is not so much a result of genius, rather it is a consequence of a determination to use it.
After bearing the consequences of a mistake, the person either becomes a better person or completely succumbs to the atrocity.
People don't necessarily do evil deeds because they want to; people happen to do something with horrible consequences even if they meant to be kind.
Europe must dissipate any doubts over the euro, affirm that the euro is an irreversible project and act in consequence.
Sooner or later, jihadist-style terror and WMD are going to come together and the consequences could be horrendous.
I have argued above that we cannot prevent the Singularity, that its coming is an inevitable consequence of the humans' natural competitiveness and the possibilities inherent in technology.
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.
Probably the most visible example of unintended consequences, is what happens every time humans try to change the natural ecology of a place.
Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.
Given the pervasive secrecy of the Bush-Cheney administration, and the sorry consequences of that disposition, President Barack Obama's early emphasis on openness in government seems almost inevitable.
History provides a laboratory in which we see played out the actual, as well as the intended, consequences of ideas.
Places change over time with or without oil spills, but humans are responsible for the Deepwater Horizon gusher - and humans, as well as the corals, fish and other creatures, are suffering the consequences.
There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.
So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice and environmental balance, are consequences of our behavior, not just our intentions.
Acting's not particularly complicated. But the great thing is you can step into somebody else's shoes without dealing with the consequences. It's very therapeutic in that way.
In the animal world, on the other hand, the process of evolution is characterised by the progressive discrimination of the animal and vegetative functions, and a consequent differentiation of these two great provinces into their separate departments.
Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.
If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.
Being afraid to tell the truth because of the projected consequences, whatever it may be, shows a lack of faith and an abundance of fear.
Well, the truth is always what should be told. And the truth and the knowledge of the truth is what everybody should represent, regardless of the consequences of doing it.
If they are unsuccessful in married life, who suffers more the bitter consequences of poverty than the wife? But if successful, she has not a dollar to call her own.
