A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have read more

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should read more

He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.

Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need read more

Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need substance as well as frosting.

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - read more

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the read more

The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede.

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.

Never seek your value from your father's accomplishments, your real value lies in what you achieve. That's what defines you read more

Never seek your value from your father's accomplishments, your real value lies in what you achieve. That's what defines you and that's what you will be remembered by.