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Values Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The chief value of the new fact is to enhance the great and constant fact of life.
- All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many…
- Homeopathy is insignificant as an act of healing, but of great value as criticism on the hygeia or medical practice of the time.
- Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the bookworm. Hence, the book-learned class, who value books, as such; not as related to nature and the…
- I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes. They have in themselves what they value in their…
- I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition in…
- Money is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.
- He needs no library, for he has not done thinking; no church, for he is himself a prophet; no statute book, for he hath the…
- There is nothing we value and hunt and cultivate and strive to draw to us, but in some hour we turn and rend it.
- Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.
- Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
- Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
- The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.
- The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
- Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become…
- The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul
- When we are young, we spend much time and pains in filling our note-books with all definitions of Religion, Love, Poetry, Politics, Art, in the…
- But there is no end to the praise of books, to the value of the library. Who shall estimate their influence on our population where…
- The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at…
More Values 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
- The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight. — 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
- Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world… — Sai Baba
- Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man… — Sai Baba