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Value Quotes by Wendell Berry
- The more artificial a human environment becomes, the more the word ‘natural’ becomes a term of value.
- In Kentucky, we're destroying mountains, including their soils and forests, in order to get at the coal. In other words, we're destroying a permanent value…
- Can we actually suppose that we are wasting, polluting, and making ugly this beautiful land for the sake of patriotism and the love of God?…
- The hierarchy of power is not the same as the hierarchy of value. A good human is higher than the animals on both scales; an…
- To me, an economy that sees the life of a community or a place as expendable, and reckons its value only in terms of money,…
- If in the human economy, a squash in the field is worth more than a bushel of soil, that does not mean that food is…
- The paramount doctrine of the economic and technological euphoria of recent decades has been that everything depends on innovation. It was understood as desirable, and…
- We know enough of our own history by now to be aware that people exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but…
More Value Quotes
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for,… — Thomas Arnold
- The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people… — Chester A. Arthur
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural… — David Attenborough
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of… — Teresa of Avila
- Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but… — Gamaliel Bailey
- I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives,… — Lucille Ball
- Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's so much… — Mario Batali