It were good to know how much hay an acre of every sort will bear; how many cattle the same weight of… — William Petty Copy Share Image
“The remarkable thing was that everyone accepted the entire process, seemingly as normal as physical laws of nature, despite the fact that… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
Flint has the potential to produce fire, and gems have intrinsic value. We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which… — Nichiren Copy Share Image
According to classical utilitarianism, the only intrinsic good is happiness; the only intrinsic bad is pain. That implies no intrinsic value in… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
The institutions that claim to represent God, when they are not ignored altogether, are treated like other human institutions that have to… — Richard Holloway Copy Share Image
A man, even if seriously sick or prevented in the exercise of its higher functions, is and will be always a man… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“It’s senseless to have making money as your goal as money has no intrinsic value—its value comes from what it can buy,… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
I never desire to know anything of the detail of political measures, lest even those which I think best should lose anything… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
the idea of a finished human product not only appears presumptuous but even, in my opinion, lacks any strong appeal. Life is… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
“He knew then that difference is never accepted. You are different, okay, but that difference is never seen as containing its own… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
“The money means nothing to me. For that matter, the antique shop means nothing. It's simply a means to an end I… — Peggy Moreland Copy Share Image
“Much ecocriticism has taken for granted that its task is to overcome anthropocentrism, just as feminism seeks to overcome androcentrism. The metaphysical… — Greg Garrard Copy Share Image
I do not understand where the backing of Bitcoin is coming from. There is no fundamental issue of capabilities of repaying it… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image