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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.
The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the read more
The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede.
Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great read more
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
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.
Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need read more
Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need substance as well as frosting.
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.
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 least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
