Quotes about Value

Evil had to manifest itself and fulfill its role, so that ultimately Good could prevail. [...] Evil needs to manifest itself, for them to understand the value of Good.

Just one day was worth more than all the kingdoms in the world.

Experience has taught me that people only give values to things if they have, at some point, been uncertain as to whether or not they will get it

That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it.

...The more a picture has to give, the greater it is.

Art is a selective re-creation of reality according to an artists metaphysical value judgments.

You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself.

If there is no God, then man and the universe are doomed. Like prisoners condemned to death, we await our unavoidable execution. There is no God, and there is no immortality. And what is the consequence of this? It means that life itself is absurd. It means that the life we have is without ultimate significance, value, or purpose.

We all have value and the right to find as much peace with ourselves and our flaws and weaknesses as possible. Why would forgiveness be so important to God if we didn't need it all the time? He knew we would need it from Him, but also from us for ourselves and for others. When we get peace with our weakest areas, we'll find new ways to build on our strongest areas.

I had no more value after I became an author than when I was in my home tending to runny noses, little bumps and bruises. . . Our value can't be wrapped inside what others think or we think, because that is too dependent on this ever-shifting world. The value God places on us makes us more than we think we are, even on our hardest days, weeks, or years.

One little deed done in time is worth more than a thousand good intentions.

Everything we value in this life is inseparably connected with the future.