I ran into an extraordinary doctor. He got up inside my head and figured out how my brain processed things, what my core values were, what my inner dialogue was.

A God out there and values out there, if they existed, would be utterly useless and unintelligible to us. There is nothing to be gained by nostalgia for the old objectivism, which was in any...

Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty.

We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world’s people share the benefits of globalization.

Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.

They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status – but rarely for your wisdom.

Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy...

If gold has been prized because it is the most inert element, changeless and incorruptible, water is prized for the opposite reason — its fluidity, mobility, changeability that make it a necessity and a metaphor...

The girl arrived; I thought her handsome; and as I doubted not that you would be mortified by my absence, I did most sincerely hope that she would be able to dissipate something of your...

Those leaders who are conscious of theirs and their organization’s values are quick to take bold actions than those who aren’t yet attuned.

Families can also be divided into subgroups with different values, perspectives, and and communication styles, even if a subgroup consists of only one individual.

A man has only so much life, and must diversify his efforts according to his values.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Individual effort is good but collective effort is better. We need a NETWORK of nation builders

Law is error, you see. It’s an attempt to write down a lot of things everyone ought to know anyway.

The more choices you have, the more your values matter.

Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love o fidelity. It is the foundations that underlies and gives reality to all other virtue and personal values. (p. 13)

Ehren wir die Freiheit. Arbeiten wir für den Frieden. Halten wir uns an das Recht. Dienen wir unseren inneren Maßstäben der Gerechtigkeit.”[Ansprache am 8. Mai 1985 in der Gedenkstunde im Plenarsaal des Deutschen Bundestages]

And, we put a lot more value, or at least I personally put a lot more value, on the creative values and creative challenges of something than the commercial necessities.

You must cultivate value within yourself if you want to move forward.

…they are dazzled by all the money that they are being offered. That is what money does, Mma Ramotswe—you must have seen that. Sometime we need to look the other way when people put money...

You’d think (losing his job and degree for having made false claims as a researcher) would be a lesson to him,” said Miss Hillyard. “It didn’t pay, did it? Say he sacrificed his professional honour...

Be fair. Play hard.

What price are you willing to pay to see your church actively engaged in evangelism? Price? What do you mean by price? There is a cost for everything. One of the causes for evangelistic entropy...

The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of...

When someone says “I Love You,” it is imperative that you know if you are loved for “WHAT you are” or “WHO you are.” When the academic qualifications, professionals, positions, possessions, good look, fat bank...

You ironically have to have a very strong ego structure to let go of your ego. You need to struggle with the rules more than a bit before you throw them out. You only internalize...

Your time is way too valuable to be wasting on people that can’t accept who you are.

With the right MINDSET, you can Survive, Thrive & Grow… Even in the Midst of turbulence and change

Limbic pursuits sink slowly and steadily lower on America’s list of collective priorities. Top-ranking items remain the pursuit of wealth, physical beauty, youthful appearance, and the shifting, elusive markers of status. There are brief spasms...

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey ‘people.’ People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war. If it is held that the instinct for preserving the species...

Love is the compass which keeps every other value from becoming lost.

Just start off with the same goals in mind. If you have the same values, same goals then you’ll be on track for the same future.

The God you worship will shape the values you hold, and the values you hold will shape the lifestyle that you choose.

In a rule-based society, we often choose efficiency over value, but, while rules-based governance systems may often serve well the values of fairness and representation, their seeming efficiency hides a deep and important flaw: We...

Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.

National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.

Values aren’t buses,” she said shortly. “They’re not supposed to get you anywhere. They’re supposed to define who you are. And I’d rather be touchy-feely than morally bankrupt.

Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur

There is indeed something deeply wrong with a person who lacks principles, who has no moral core. There are, likewise, certainly values that brook no compromise, and I would count among them integrity, fairness, and...

we deceive ourselves if we believe we can hold on to old models as “ideologies whimper off to a shallow grave in prolonged agony of people, institutions and cultures.

As a basic step of self-esteem, learn to treat as the mark of a cannibal any man’s demand for your help. To demand it is to claim that your life is his property – and...

Your values define who you truly are. Your true identity is the sum total of your values.

The quality of life, values that go down to doin’ that, that’s the issue.

In a general sense, I admit to valuing the worldviews of men under the age of 40 and women over the age of 30.

In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.

Houses are built brick-by-brick. HOMEs are built word-by-word. Houses don’t build themselves. So YOU must build your home

Only by digging deep down to the core of our true self can we come to a place of inner certainty. Our underlying values and priorities are our personal navigational stars on life’s journey—essential tools...

Liberalism is the ideology of Western suicide. When once this initial and final sentence is understood, everything about liberalism – the beliefs, emotions and values associated with it, the nature of its enchantment, its practical...

You know, kid, ethics isn’t about choosing between right and wrong; it’s about choosing between grey and grey. It’s about choosing between two equally desirable but mutually exclusive courses of action. Freedom or security? Courage...