. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal read more

. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes -- the values, ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

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.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

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.

Each being is sacred -- meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared read more

Each being is sacred -- meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared to the value of another being.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great read more

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst