Quotes about Value

In reality, wealth is measured by what one delivers, not how much effort it costs. If I paint someone's house, the owner shouldn't pay me extra for doing it with a toothbrush.

In both cases, what it all comes down to is users. You'd think that a company about to buy you would do a lot of research and decide for themselves how valuable your technology was. Not at all. What they go by is the number of users you have.

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

He was sure that it made no difference to her on which day he appeared: for her, every day was the same, and when each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises.

Nothing in this world is useless in the eyes of God.

God uses silence to teach us to use words responsibly. He uses tiredness so that we can understand the value of waking up. He uses illness to underline the blessing of good health. God uses fire to teach us about water. He uses earth to explain the value of air. He uses death to show us the importance of life.

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.

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.