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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater read more
The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands.
A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my read more
A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas."
The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards read more
The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
Idealism is what precedes experience, cynicism is what follows.
Idealism is what precedes experience, cynicism is what follows.
It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.
It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.
The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
