In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt read more

In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he becomes hesitant, and if the stakes are pure gold he becomes nervous and confused. There is no difference as to his skil.

Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

. . . 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.

We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.

We can tell our values by looking at our checkbook stubs.

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.

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.

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 a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of read more

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.

Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common read more

Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.