. . . 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.

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.

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.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater read more

The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

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.

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.