Value of Experiences Quotes

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

Let's say that life is this square of the sidewalk. We are born at this crack and we die at that crack. Now we find ourselves somewhere inside the square and in the process of walking outside of it. Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless? Does anything we say or do in here really matter? Have we done anything important? Have we been happy? Have we made the most of these precious few footsteps?

Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can pay for sunsets. We can pay for them by not being Oscar Wilde.

How could any of us truly appreciate our lives if we had nothing else to compare them to?

Is it worth getting one more tweet out, or putting your phone down and doing something that is worth tweeting?

The wise man neither rejects life nor fears death... just as he does not necessarily choose the largest amount of food, but, rather, the pleasantest food, so he prefers not the longest time, but the most pleasant.

You don't need to spend a lot of money on stuff when you have amazing architecture.

Life is a play.It's not its length,but its performance that counts.

I always try to keep a positive perspective on what's valuable and the importance of restricting that immediate gratification and, most importantly, that who you are isn't the stuff you have.

Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.

The important thing in life is not what you get, but what you throw out.

There is a close relationship between a house full of possessions and a heart full of desires, between a cluttered closet and a crowded schedule, between having no place to put possessions and having no priorities for our life. These are precious clues. They remind us to slow down, to live in the present, to reduce the desires that drain our vitality, to clarify priorities so we can give our time and attention to what matters most. Tragically, in the press of modern life, we have managed to get backwards one of life's most vital truths: people are to be loved; things are to be used.

I've never believed in measuring one's worth by the size of his or her bank account. I prefer to look at distance traveled.

I'm not a very materialistic person.

How you spend your time is far more important than all the material possessions you may own or positions you may attain.

Never use money to measure wealth, son.

And would it have been worth it, after all, Would it have been worth while, After the sunsets and the dooryards and the sprinkled streets, After the novels, after the teacups, after the skirts that trail along the floor - And this, and so much more? -

When you are doubting whether a thing is worth the trouble of going to see, recollect that you will never again be so near it. You may repent not having seen it, but you can never repent having seen it.

To grow up under really simple circumstances, and to understand that certain things were ornamental... that made an impression on me as a child and is something I use.

I'm not materialistic. I love clothes and all that stuff, but I don't need it to live.

To preserve his life, should a man pay everything that gives it color, scent and excitement?

We are not apt to think of the importance of events as they transpire with us, but we feel the importance of them afterwards.

We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count.

Once is more than generous for any lifetime.

And, indeed, I will at this point ask an idle question on my own account: which is better — cheap happiness or exalted sufferings? Well, which is better?