“Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man's true worth.” MenHeartJobsValuesPerfectEqualDrawsLaughterIncomeComedianPensFarmersNurseDirtSlidesNursingMonetaryDeceiverTrue Worth Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“It is not so easy to obtain a reputation by a perfect work as to enhance the value of an indifferent one by a reputation already acquired.” ValuesEasyPerfectReputationIndifferentPerfect Work Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“In the light of absolute values (religious or ethical) man himself is judged to be limited or imperfect, while he can occasionally accomplish acts which partake of perfection, he, himself can never be perfect.” MenLightValuesReligiousPerfectPerfectionAbsolutesAccomplishEthicalJudgedImperfectAbsolutism Author:T. E. Hulme
“As to the value of conversions, God alone can judge. God alone can know how wide are the steps which the soul has to take before it can approach to a community with Him, to the dwelling of the perfect, or to the intercourse and friendship of higher natures.” KnowsSoulValuesCommunityPerfectStepsKnow HowJudgingHigherApproachWideConversionDwellingIntercourse Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“A fine lady; by which term I wish to express the result of that perfect education in taste and manner, down to every gesture, which heaven forbid that I, professing to be a poet, should undervalue. It is beautiful, and therefore I welcome it in the name of the author of all beauty. I value it so highly that I would fain see it extend not merely from Belgravia to the tradesman's villa, but thence, as I believe it one day will, to the laborer's hovel and the needlewoman's garret.” ShouldBelieveBeautifulValuesNamesI BelieveHeavenWishTermPerfectResultsPoetFineTasteOne DayWelcomeGesturesLaborersVillaFine Lady Book:Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiograhpy Source: Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiograhpy
“I have often observed that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our eyes.” EyeValuesLosesPerfectBlessingDeniedResignation Author:Jane Austen
“When people become frightened, they look for things of real value. They will go to monetary metals, gold and silver, and they will buy other things, such as buying property. But no matter what we have, whether we have our gold coins or we have our property, if we have an authoritarian government, that is our greatest threat. So, I would like to think that there is no perfect protection, other than shrinking the size and scope and power of government, so that we can be left alone and take care of ourselves.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksRealMatterGovernmentCareValuesLeftPerfectGoldNo Matter WhatPropertyThreatSizeTake CareProtectionBuyingSilverFrightenedMetalsCoinsScopeMonetaryLeft AloneShrinkingReal ValueGold And SilverAuthoritarian GovernmentGold Coins Author:Ron Paul
“We maintain, and have said in the Ethics, if the arguments there adduced are of any value, that happiness is the realization and perfect exercise of virtue, and this not conditional, but absolute. And I used the term 'conditional' to express that which is indispensable, and 'absolute' to express that which is good in itself.” IfsSaidUsedValuesTermPerfectVirtueExerciseEthicsArgumentAbsolutesRealizationIndispensableConditional Book:The Essential Aristotle Source: The Essential Aristotle