“It is within the family that children learn the values that will guide them for the rest of their lives. It is within the family that they form their earliest relationships, learn to communicate with others and interact with the world around them. It is within the family that the notion of human rights becomes a reality lived on a daily basis. If tolerance, respect and equity permeate family life, they will translate into values that shape societies, nations and the world.” IfsWorldHumansChildrenRealityFormValuesNationsRightsShapesBasesNotionHuman RightsCommunicateGuidesToleranceTranslateEquityFamily Life Author:Kofi Annan
“Jesus refers to the poor over and over again. There are 2,000 verses of Scripture that call upon us to respond to the needs of the poor. And yet, I find that when Christians talked about values in this last election that was not on the agenda, that was not a concern. If you were to get the voter guide of the Christian Coalition, that does not rate. They talk more about tax cuts for people who are wealthy than they do about helping poor people who are in desperate straits.” PeopleIfsNeedsDoeHelpingChristianLastsValuesJesusPoorChristianityCuttingTaxesConcernElectionRateGuidesScriptureDesperateAgendasWealthyVotersVersesPoor PeopleCoalitionsTax CutsHelp Poor People Author:Tony Campolo
“We are of such value to God that He came to live among us... and to guide us home. He will go to any length to seek us, even to being lifted high upon the cross to draw us back to Himself. We can only respond by loving God for His love.” HomeValuesDrawsCrossesGuidesLengthHis LoveLoving God Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“The philosopher ... subjects experience to his critical judgment, and this contains a value judgment namely, that freedom from toil is preferable to toil, and an intelligent life is preferable to a stupid life. It so happened that philosophy was born with these values. Scientific thought had to break this union of value judgment and analysis, for it became increasingly clear that the philosophic values did not guide the organisation of society.” PhilosophyLife IsValuesBornBreakClearHappenedSubjectsStupidJudgmentIntelligentUnionsPhilosopherCriticalGuidesAnalysisToilOrganisationPhilosophicIntelligent LifeStupid Life Book:One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society Source: One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
“Our history shows that what we must do is assert domination over the machine, to guide it so that it works for the values of our choice.” ShowsValuesChoicesMachinesGuidesDominationOur Choices Book:The Greening of America Source: The Greening of America