Quotes About Values

The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been kindness, beauty, and truth.

I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves — such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.

He who cherishes the values of culture cannot fail to be a pacifist.

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth.

The colonialst as the custodian of the values of civilization and history, he accomplishes a mission; he has the immense merit of bringing light to the colonized's ignominious darkness.

Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.

Grow into your ideals so that life cannot rob you of them.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

With the courage of the soul, we don't focus only on self-preservation, security, or safety; in fact, such courage compels us to risk our comfort and safety, and sometimes even our lives, as we act according to our most deeply held values. This kind of valor comes from a higher source and is the necessary ingredient for us to create a different dream.

Not just Christians and Jews, but also Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and the followers of many other religions believe in values like peace, respect, tolerance and dignity. These are values that bring people together and enable us to build responsible and solid communities.

Non mi sconvolge che metta su famiglia della gente platealmente handicappata, minorata e deficiente, mi turba che la metta su della gente apparentemente sana.

We face the question whether a still higher standard of living is worth its costs in things natural, wild, and free.

Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient.

It might be wise to prohibit at once all teaching of real botany and real history, lest some future citizen suffer qualms about the floristic price of his good life.

Cease being intimidated by the argument that a right action is impossible because it does not yield maximum profits, or that a wrong action is to be condoned because it pays.

The modern dogma is comfort at any cost.

Good is a product of the ethical and spiritual artistry of individuals; it cannot be mass-produced.

Leaping is as beautiful as crawling: don't compare yourself; develop your own values. Change your world or change worlds.

A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. Atlas

From this process has emerged a parallel process of translating traditional working and living values into a new political and economic power - a power increasingly based upon the strength of money and those material things money can purchase.

We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.

In the long run principles are just more important than expediency.