Values Quotations

Focusing on your values may provide you with meaning, but it won't simplify things.

Many people are not aware that the explosion in home values over the last few years has increased their wealth to the point that they are now on the radar screens of aggressive attorneys who are looking for assets to attach on the behalf of their clients.

Many organizations focus on providing therapeutic care. We offer love, companionship, friendship and activities that are child-driven. Teens can reach children in ways that professionals, or even family members, cannot. The program also has a profound effect on the teenagers themselves by instilling within them the values of giving and gratitude.

Many people wrongly assume that the most important issue among families is money and wealth transfer -- it's not. What we found was the memories, the stories, the values were 10 times more important to people than the money.

Many are surmising that housing values are so different around the country that it's impacting migration. Some people are cashing out housing and moving to cheaper areas. Others who don't own homes are moving so they can afford to buy one.

Shared values and common interests - much more can be built on these than on gratitude alone.

What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness of worldly values and seeing through suburban mentality and normal community standards so that they can find some much-needed relief for their wilting souls.

Ask me not, 'Are you rightwing,' but ask me 'Are you a committed believer in individual freedom, the values of the enlightenment?' Then, yeah, if being rightwing means believing Adam Smith was right, both in the 'Wealth of Nations' and the 'Theory of Moral Sentiments,' then I'm rightwing.

Value your friendship. Value your relationships.

Mostly the loss teaches us only about the value of things.