“Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end.”
“Everywhere the means is erected into the end, and the end itself is forgotten.”
“An open mind is not an end in itself but a means to the end of finding truth.”
“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.”
“Our intellect is not intended to be an end in itself, but only a means to the very mind of God.”
“[T]hink of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end in itself.”