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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.
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.
Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day
Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day
. . . 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.
People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with read more
People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them.
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.
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.
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.
