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Values Quotes by Ralph Ellison
- Our task, then always, is to challenge the apparent forms of reality-that is, the fixed manner and values of the few, and to struggle with…
- Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic, practical joking affairs--which…
- Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out…
More Values Quotes
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- 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
- If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead,… — Gary Bauer
- There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree… — Samuel Johnson
- Let us never lose sight of the fact that education is a preparation for life - and that preparing for life is… — Ezra Taft Benson
- [Our goal] is to help revive America's traditional values: faith, family, neighborhood, work and freedom. Government has no business enforcing these values… — Ronald Reagan
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov