What is there to value in this life's vaporous glory?
When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values.
Quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing.
That which costs little is less valued.
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value.
He only profits from praise who values criticism.
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them.
The worth of music, it includes all things Of untold value, like a priceless gem
one needs to add value, be productive, and contribute to the general pot of well-being in the world
Every positive value has its price in negative terms... the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.
Either be silent or say things of more value than silence. Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Life has no meaning a priori… It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.
Today, our Negritude no longer expresses itself as opposition to European values, but as a complement to them.
Know the value of time.
In our time there are many artists who do something because it is new; they see their value and their justification in this newness. They are deceiving themselves..
Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.