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.

Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

. . . 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.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

All fine architectural values are human vales, else not valuable.

All fine architectural values are human vales, else not valuable.

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

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

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

It's difficult to appreciate the value of others when your own self assessment is over valued.

It's difficult to appreciate the value of others when your own self assessment is over valued.