Quotes About Values

Thus we have neither behind us, nor before us in a luminous realm of values, any means of justification or excuse. We are left alone, without excuse.

Pilihlah, manusia yang bebas atau mengakui Tuhan sebagai sumber nilai. Bila dipilih yang terakhir manusia tersebut tidak bebas, mutlak.

I know family comes first, but shouldn't that mean after breakfast?

you should take your consciences with you, and leave your politics in the chamber.' Lord

Compromise is for those who have no courage, no morals and no principles.

What does a "good life" really mean to you, how does it relate to your sources of meaning and purpose and to your deepest values, and what keeps you from realizing the possibility for greater well-being in your life?

That was the ideal: to remain dutiful to a preservationist ethos while not depriving yourself of modern creature comforts.

all the clamorous Xeroxes whose subtext conveyed the message that the wholesome, patriotic values of her parents' generation were now on the ash heap of history, replaced by a nihilistic, post-punk sensibility that Madeleine herself didn't understand but was perfectly happy to scandalize her parents by pretending that she did—before the elevator stopped in the lobby and she slid open the gate and stepped out to meet them.

Capitalism has resulted in material well-being, but spiritual bankruptcy.

You know what else I haven't seen? Home stores. I've not passed the equivalent of Restoration Hardware or Crate and Barrel or Pottery Barn, so I get the feeling that no one's killing themselves working double shifts so they can consume stuff to make their homes Pinterest-perfect. Maybe the Roman message is to not let your stuff own you.

Recently, Howard Schultz, former CEO of Starbucks, came out against the term "billionaire," instead preferring to be called "a person of means," as though he's now ashamed of what he's built.

Of everything parents must worry about today, should "keeping their children's looks fresh" be at the top of the list? How about this—maybe get them vaccinated for measles before fretting about the sell-by date of their ensembles. Why don't we operate on the premise that at age six, kids don't need to establish a personal brand?

Life is more than great sex and a nice car." "Well, yeah. But not a lot more.

Values aren't buses, she said shortly. They're not supposed to get you anywhere. They're supposed to define who you are. And I'd rather be touchy-feely than morally bankrupt.

Where's my Italian lace? Where's my bouffant sleeves? Where's my goddamn hoop skirt? The same place as your goddamned morals, you worthless tramp. It's been modernized, Brenda, Agnes said. When you pass something on to someone else, you have to expect changes. You don't get it back.

clearly he'd decided that his kid was more important than great sex, a decision Sophie applauded in the abstract but resented in the specific.

Integrity is your own gauge of what is right for you. Integrity is not a stand-alone concept

Raise boys and girls the same way.

people who strongly value the pursuit of wealth and possessions report lower psychological well-being than those who are less concerned with such aims.

When you first go on duty at CIA headquarters, you raise your hand and swear an oath—not to government, not to the agency, not to secrecy. You swear an oath to the Constitution. So there's this friction, this emerging contest between the obligations and values that the government asks you to uphold, and the actual activities that you're asked to participate in.

Ah, those foolish days, those foolish days when we were unselfish and pure-minded; those foolish days when our simple hearts were full of truth, and faith, and reverence! Ah, those foolish days of noble longings and of noble strivings! And oh, these wise, clever days when we know that money is the only prize worth striving for, when we believe in nothing else but meanness and lies, when we care for no living creature but ourselves!

Good women keep their homes clean, and good neighbors mind their own business, honey

I don't think you put the swear word in the right place, Grandpa," Teddy says. When Dad first came here, my boys would look shocked whenever Dad went Old-Faithful-profane, and I began to wonder if Lisa and I shouldn't swear more so Franklin and Teddy weren't so put off by curse words.

Os hospitais tentam vender centros de parto, os infantários vendem amor, as escolas vendem sucesso... os vendedores de carros promovem o luxo, os conselheiros a autoestima, as massagistas oferecem finais felizes, os cemitérios anunciam o repouso eterno... É interminável, esta febre de vender, promover, exaltar - constante, esgotante, e implacável como a morte.