The value of experience
is not in seeing much,
but in seeing wisely.
William Osler
A truth that disheartens
because it is true
is of more value
than the most stimulating
of falsehoods.
Maurice Maeterlinck
poet, and essayist)
Theories are patterns
without value.
What counts
is action.
Constantin Brâncusi
Try not to become
a man of success,
but rather try to become
a man of value.
Albert Einstein
The value of a man
should be seen
in what he gives
and not
in what he is able
to receive.
Albert Einstein
What men value
in this world
are not rights
but privileges.
H. L. Mencken
Tell me
what you pay attention to
and I will tell you
who you are.
José Ortega y Gasset
We do not know
the true value of our moments
until they have undergone
the test of memory.
Georges Duhamel
The secret of a good life is
to have the right loyalties
and to hold them
in the right scale of values.
Norman Thomas
socialist, and pacifist)
I had to live
in the desert
before I could understand
the full value of grass
in a green ditch.
Ella Maillart
travel writer, and photographer)
