“Self-actualizing people are those who have come to a high level of maturation, health and self-fulfillment... the values that self-actualizers appreciate include truth, creativity, beauty, goodness, wholeness, aliveness, uniqueness, justice, simplicity, and self-sufficiency.” PeopleSelfSuccessValuesJusticeLevelsCreativityGoodnessAppreciateSimplicityFulfillmentUniquenessWholenessHigh LevelSelf SufficiencySufficiencySelf Fulfillment Author:Abraham Maslow
“It is the artist's job to revere beauty without being enchanted by it, to aim for it but also to aim for truth and goodness - just in case they, and not beauty, are the real things of value.” RealJobsArtistValuesBeautyCasesGoodnessAimReal ThingsEnchanted Book:Affirmations for Artists Source: Affirmations for Artists
“History is valuable, to begin with, because it is true; and this, though not the whole of its value, is the foundation and condition of all the rest. That all knowledge, as such, is in some degree good, would appear to be at least probable; and the knowledge of every historical fact possesses this element of goodness, even if it posses no other.” IfsWholeFactsValuesKnowledgeConditionsGoodnessDegreesElementsFoundationHistoricalValuablePosseHistorical Facts Book:Contemplation and Action, 1902-14 Source: Contemplation and Action, 1902-14
“Business can constitute an enormous force for goodness in society. Through its commitments to corporate citizenship and to the principles of the UNGC, the global business community can continue to create and deliver value to society.” ValuesForceCommunityPrinciplesGoodnessCommitmentEnormousCorporateCitizenshipGlobal Business Author:Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
“The authentic and pure values, truth, beauty, and goodness, in the activity of a human being are the result of one and the same act, a certain application of the full attention to the object. Teaching should have no aim but to prepare, by training the attention, for the possibility of such an act. All the other advantages of instruction are without interest.” ShouldHumansCertainValuesInterestHuman BeingsResultsAttentionTeachingPossibilityObjectsTruth IsPureActivityGoodnessTrainingAdvantageShould HaveAimApplicationInstruction Book:Gravity and Grace Source: Gravity and Grace
“[People of faith must] reassure them [atheists] that we share with them the core values of America, that our faith is not inconsistent with their freedom and our mission is not one of intolerance, but one of love.... I stand before you today as a witness to the goodness of God. For me, like you and like my running mate Al Gore, faith provided a foundation, order and purpose in my life.” PeopleRunningTodayAmericaPurposeValuesOrderShareLike YouGoodnessFoundationAtheistScaryMissionsCoreWitnessAlsMatesIntoleranceGoreInconsistentCore ValuesGoodness Of God Author:Joe Lieberman
“Surely, 'tis one step towards acting well, to think worthily of our nature; and as in common life, the way to make a man honest, is, to suppose him soso here, to set some value upon ourselves, enables us to support the characterof generosity and virtue.” ThinkingMenWayWellsCharacterValuesCommonActingStepsSupportVirtueHonestGoodnessCharityGenerosityCommon Life Author:Laurence Sterne