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.

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values -- that all reality hinges read more

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values -- that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

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.

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.

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.

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.

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

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