
“But life is a cheap thing beside a man's work. The only thing is that you need it.”
Pt. 3: At Sea, Section 21
Islands in the Stream (1970)
"The Sea-Wolf" (1904)
“But life is a cheap thing beside a man's work. The only thing is that you need it.”
Pt. 3: At Sea, Section 21
Islands in the Stream (1970)
“One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.”
“Throw not my words away, as many do;
They're gold in value, though they're cheap to you.”
"The Cross Roads; or, The Haymaker's Story"
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
As quoted in Successful Aging : A Conference Report (1974) by Eric Pfeiffer, p. 142
Attributed
“Life has a value only when it has something valuable as its object.”
Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1832), Volume 1
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?