Quotes About Values

The fastest way to become rich is to socialize with the poor; the fastest way to become poor is to socialize with the rich.

George Santayana: A man is morally free when Ã¢â'¬Â¦ he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

You can tell how poor someone feels by the number of times he references "money" in his conversation.

I have no large desire to sacrifice much of my personal habits, intellectual pleasures, and personal standards in order to become a billionaire like Warren Buffett, and I certainly do not see point of becoming one if I were to adopt Spartan (even miserly) habits and live in my starter house.

People try to impress you with the things they have done ... You should be more impressed with things they would never do.

Normative Economics is like religion without the aesthetics.

Conduct yourself toward your parents as you would have your children conduct themselves toward you.

A man is morally free when … he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

how people can cherry-pick ethical rules to fit their actions.

The British government documents, as early as fifty years ago, an aim for education other than the one we have today: raising values, making good citizens, and "learning," not economic growth (they were not suckers at the time)—a point also made by Alison Wolf.

perhaps morally broken and socially stigmatized

Nietzsche had the Latin pun aut liberi, aut libri—either children or books, both information that carries through the centuries.

People who are not morally independent tend to fit ethics to their profession, rather than find a profession that fits their ethics.

Education has benefits aside from stabilizing family incomes. Education makes individuals more polished dinner partners, for instance, something non-negligible. But the idea of educating people to improve the economy is rather novel. The British government documents, as early as fifty years ago, an aim for education other than the one we have today: raising values, making good citizens, and "learning," not economic growth

Success is leading an honorable life. Honor implies that there are some actions you would categorically never do, regardless of the material rewards. It also means that there are things you would do unconditionally, regardless of the consequences.

Compromising is condoning. The only modern dictum I follow is one by George Santayana: A man is morally free when Ã¢â'¬Â¦ he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

The ethical is always more robust than the legal. Over time it is the legal that should converge to the ethical, never the reverse. Hence, laws come and go; ethics stay.

Laws come and go; ethics stay.

A man is morally free when Ã¢â'¬Â¦ he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

The ethical is always more robust than the legal. Over time, it is the legal that should converge to the ethical, never the reverse. Laws come and go; ethics stay.

Nykyaika: loimme nuoruuden ilman sankaruutta, iän ilman viisautta ja elämän ilman loistoa.

values unscheduled meditation.

people might prefer to do something other than maximize their economic interests.

And I will keep mentioning that I have no other definition of success than leading an honorable life.