[arjunaaqa]

Jessica is my hero. Paul is a guiding force.

Every effort has some defect but it’s intention and effort which matters.

World would be a very different place without YC.

Thank you all !

[Apocryphon]

Did Stilgar write this

[EGreg]

Haha wow, good one

[dowager_dan99]

>> but it’s intention and effort which matters.

I think I understand what you're saying, but this is a very dangerous generality. I think the HOW matters more than the intent.

[nine_k]

The idea here, AFAICT, is that the right intention matters even if the implementation is lacking and imperfect. If the intention is there, the implementation will improve.

The dangerous line of thinking would be that a good intention somehow justifies doing evil things, and not by mistake but knowingly, for an ulterior greater and noble goal. But then the intentions would include doing an evil thing as an intermediate step, and, as the comment says, the intention does matter.

[milesrout]

Intent is the only thing that ever really matters.