Value Quotes

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

A book should be luminous not voluminous.

Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?

To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.

Life is the coexistence of all opposite values. Joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, up and down, hot and cold, here and there, light and darkness, birth and death. All experience is by contrast, and one would be meaningless without the other.

One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

Simplicity and Repose are qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

You want to be a millionaire. But your values system says you believe in sleep more than grinding!