Values

"The most miserable possession a man can have is the thing he hurt somebody to get."        - Frank A. Clark ...

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction."                - E.F. Schumacher ...

"Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat." - Malcolm Forbes ...

"But—I ask you—is it better to be resigned to a life without ideals. . . or rather, . . . to seek the truth, goodness, justice, working for a world that reflects the beauty of God, even at the cost ...

“…tragedy has been, and will always be with us. Somewhere right now, evil people are planning evil things. All of us will do everything meaningful; everything we can do to prevent it, but each horrible act can't become an ax ...

"No one who has stood for high values — love, truth, justice — has died being able to declare victory, once and for all. If we embrace values like those, we need to find ways to stand in the gap ...

"Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members." ...

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, it is the parent of all the others” - Cicero ...

"These three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying."  - Gladwell ...

"Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money."                         - General Robert H. Jackson ...