“Our land is more valuable than your money. It will last forever. It will not even perish by the flames of fire. As long as the sun shines and the waters flow, this land will be here to give life to men and animals. We cannot sell the lives of men and animals. It was put here by the Great Spirit and we cannot sell it because it does not belong to us” MenGivingLongDoeLastsSpiritWaterAnimalSunForeverFireLandFlowSellsShiningValuableFlamesNativeNative AmericanAmerican IndianGreat SpiritNative AmericaSun ShinesGreat Native American Author:Crowfoot
“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 more valuable than soil; it means simply that we do not know how to value the soil. In its complexity and its potential longevity, the soil exceeds our comprehension; we do not know how to place a just market value on it, and we will never learn how. Its value is inestimable; we must value it, beyond whatever price we put on it, by respecting it.” IfsKnowsHumansMeanDoeValuesKnow HowEconomyLandFieldsValuableComplexitySoilLongevityExceedComprehensionSquash Author:Wendell Berry
“The value of land must, in the future, be assessed on its yield of potable water. Those property-owners with a constant source of pure water already have an economically-valuable "product" from their land, and need look no further for a source of income.” NeedsLooksValuesWaterLandProductsSourcePureConstantPropertyValuableIncomeOwnersYieldPure Water Author:Bill Mollison
“Maine's long and cold winters may help keep our State's population low, but our harsh climate also accounts for what is unique and valuable about our land and our people” PeopleMayLongStatesHelpingLandColdUniqueLowsAccountsClimateWinterPopulationValuableHarshMaineWinter Cold Author:Tom Allen
“In the Land of Romance, cheap candles are more valuable than ingots of gold.” RomanceLandGoldValuableCandle Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“You don't owe the internet your time. Your time is yours, whatever time you give the internet is a gift. The internet does not know this, and it will never learn. Time is the most precious thing you have. More than money, or land, or prestige, or any valuable thing you can think of, a life is measured in time. The sooner you walk away from a useless fight, the more of it you get to have.” ThinkingKnowsGivingDoeLife IsFightingWalksLandInternetValuableUselessPrestigePrecious ThingsValuable Things Author:Quinn Norton