“Nine-tenths of the value of a sense of humor in writing is not in the things it makes one write but in the things it keeps one from writing. It is especially valuable in this respect in serious writing, and no one without a sense of humor should ever write seriously. For without knowing what is funny, one is constantly in danger of being funny without knowing it.” ShouldWritingValuesKnowingDangerSeriousValuableNineSense Of HumorBeing Funny Author:Robert Benchley
“The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.” PeopleIfsLittlesLongFactsTodayValuesNationsSecretDangerSurvivalTraditionDecidedThreatJustifyLong AgoArbitrarySecrecyRestrictionOathOpposingProceedingImitatingSecret SocietyPertinentConcealment Author:John F. Kennedy
“What frightens me about America today is that in the large majority there is no active sense of the value of the individual: few citizens feel that they are the Republic, responsible for what happens. And when the individual in a democracy ceases to feel his importance, then there is grave danger that he will give over his freedom, if not to a Fascist State, then to the advertising men or Publicity Agents or to the newspaper he happens to read.” IfsMenGivingFeelsStatesHappensTodayAmericaValuesIndividualUnited StatesDemocracyDangerCitizensImportanceResponsibleMajorityActiveNewspapersGravesCeaseAdvertisingAgentsRepublicPublicityFascistsAmerica Today Author:May Sarton
“The fortitude which has encountered no dangers, that prudence which has surmounted no difficulties, that integrity which has been attacked by no temptation, can at best be considered but as gold not yet brought to the test, of which therefore the true value cannot be assigned.” Has BeensValuesDangerIntegrityGoldTestsDifficultyProsperityTemptationPrudenceFortitudeTrue Value Book:Life and Writings Source: Life and Writings
“I learned something then. And I believe it still. There is a value in taking a stand, whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do. And if even those who are in danger can raise their lonely voices, isn't it more that is required of all of us, in this land where liberty had her birth? In America the true patriots are those who dare speak truth through power.” IfsBelieveMayStillsAmericaValuesSpeakI BelieveVoiceLibertyLandDangerBirthLonelyRaisesDareThings To DoPatriotNoticingSpeak The Truth Author:Teresa Heinz
“Our world is in profound danger. Mankind must establish a set of positive values with which to secure its own survival.” WorldValuesMankindDangerSurvivalProfoundSecureOur WorldPositive Values Book:The Path: A New Look At Reality Source: The Path: A New Look At Reality
“The state exists for man, not man for the state. The same may be said of science. These are old phrases, coined by people who saw in human individuality the highest human value. I would hesitate to repeat them, were it not for the ever recurring danger that they may be forgotten, especially in these days of organization and stereotypes.” PeopleMenHumansMaySaidStatesAgeTimeValuesSawsDangerHighestOrganizationAngerForgottenIndividualityThese DaysPhrasesRepeatsStereotypeHuman ValuesRecurring Author:Albert Einstein
“... with every Asiatic country where we operate in cooperation with the existing culture, the need for intelligent understanding of that country and its ways of life will be crucial. These nations will very likely not respond to appeals with which we are familiar, and not value rewards which seem to us irresistible. The danger--and it would be fatal to world peace--is that in our ignorance of their cultural values we shall meet in head-on collision and incontinently fall back on the old pattern of imposing our own values by force.” WorldWayNeedsCountrySeemsWould BeValuesFallCultureForceNationsUnderstandingDangerIgnoranceDiversityIntelligentRewardsPatternsFamiliarAppealsCooperationCrucialIrresistibleImposingFall BackCollisionCultural Diversity Author:Ruth Benedict
“As Christian feel the changing winds of political climate, the blasts against their values in the media, the exclusion of the Christian faith from educational institutions, they begin to sense the dangers of complacency and of pietistical world flight.” WorldFeelsChristianPoliticalValuesReligiousMediaDangerWindInstitutionsClimateEducationalFlightComplacencyBlastChristian FaithExclusionEducational Institutions Author:Edmund Clowney