Life is indeed precious and I believe the death penalty helps to affirm that fact.

I have the heart of a lion, and the circulatory system of a lamb.

life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.

Well, I think life is precious because you can’t watch it again. I mean you can believe in an after life if that makes you feel better but once you realize you’re not going to be around forever, I think that’s what makes life so magical.

Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.

The ethics of reverence for life makes no distinction between higher and lower, more precious and less precious lives. It has good reasons for this omission. For what are we doing, when we establish hard and fast gradations in value between living organisms, but judging them in relation to ourselves, by whether they seem to stand closer to us or farther from us. This is a wholly subjective standard. How can we know what importance other living organisms have in themselves and in terms of the universe?

As an atheist, I believe that all life is unspeakably precious, because it’s only here for a brief moment, a flare against the dark, and then it’s gone forever.

"My veracity is dearer to me than my life," said the peasant; "nor would I purchase the one by forfeiting the other."

"Supposing I know of a flower that is absolutely unique, that is nowhere to be found except on my planet, and any minute that flower could accidentally be eaten up by a little lamb, isn't that important? If a person loves a flower that is the only one of its kind on all the millions and millions of stars, then gazing at the night sky is enough to make him happy. He says to himself "My flower is out there somewhere." But if the lamb eats the flower, then suddenly it's as if all the stars had stopped shining. Isn't that important?"

The fate of animals is of far greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous.

Even though human life may be the most precious thing on earth, we always behave as if there were something of higher value than human life.

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear.

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.

One person caring about another represents life's greatest value.