#value

If the awareness of our limitations begins to limit or to dim our value consciousness as well—as happens, for instance, in old age with regard to the values of youth—then we have already started the movement of devaluation which will end with the defamation of the world and all its values. Only a timely act of resignation can deliver us from this tendency toward self-delusion. ↗

— Max Scheler

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Whatever the practical value of the Walden experiment may be, there is no question that the book is one of the most vital and pithy ever written. ↗

— Edward Carpenter

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The choices politicians make must be based on values - not an arbitrary, axe-wielding approach to public spending or a dismal exchange between Gordon Brown and David Cameron about percentages that sounds like an argument between different book-keepers. ↗

— Nick Clegg

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It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans value throughout our great land. ↗

— Jim Costa

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Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds. ↗

— Rene Daumal

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When you realize the value of all life, you dwell on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future. ↗

— Dian Fossey

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This is Romney's biggest political weakness. His policy flip-flops and the general sense that he's not comfortable in his own skin leads voters, including many supporters, wondering about his core values. ↗

— Ron Fournier

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Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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The main benefit of the book for the more experienced practitioners is as an evangelical tool. The book will give you some ways of expressing the value and importance of your work that you may not have had before. ↗

— Jesse James Garrett

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All lives have an equal value. ↗

— Melinda Gates

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