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.

Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

Never seek your value from your father's accomplishments, your real value lies in what you achieve. That's what defines you read more

Never seek your value from your father's accomplishments, your real value lies in what you achieve. That's what defines you and that's what you will be remembered by.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have read more

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

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.

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards read more

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.

. . . 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.