#value

Il bel far niente means 'the beauty of doing nothing'... [it] has always been a cherished Italian ideal. The beauty of doing nothing is the goal of all your work, the final accomplishment for which you are most highly congratulated. The more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the higher your life's achievement. You don't necessarily need to be rich in order to experience this, either. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#spiritual #values-in-life #beauty

The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#america #artist #artists #certainly #does

I value mothers and motherhood enormously. For every inattentive or abusive mother in my fiction I think you'll find a dozen or so who are neither. ↗

— William Trevor

#enormously #every #fiction #find #i

Wine is valued by its price, not its flavour. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#price #valued #wine

I do believe that freedom isn't free - but today the corporate and political right wing is trying to cheapen this truly American value. They've been cynically using the word 'freedom' to rally the American public against its own best interests. ↗

— Richard Trumka

#american #american public #been #believe #best

Take a stand against intolerance and for our American values. Say it with pride: I support democracy in America. I support working people in America. I support opportunity in America. And I support Barack Obama for another four years as president of the United States of America! ↗

— Richard Trumka

#america #american #american values #another #barack

We can support President Barack Obama, because he supports us. We can support Barack Obama, because he shares our values and our vision. ↗

— Richard Trumka

#barack obama #because #obama #our #president

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#evil #good #got #help #man

PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#bogus #celebrates #general #good #good work

I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic values, and for many of us, our religious values. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#basic #believe #church #i #i believe