The theory of basic human values is cross-cultural psychology and universal values that was developed by Shalom H. Schwartz. He postulated the human values from an integrated conceptual system.

“To my mind the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. I should be unwilling to take the life of a lamb for the sake of the human body. I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to the protection by man from the cruelty of man.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“Human values are born with man. They are not got from outside. Man in his ignorance is not aware of these values, when  ...