(noun) The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
"If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance."
"No human thing is of serious importance."
"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
"Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge."
"Stop placing so much importance on acceptance from other people. Validation matters when it comes from within."
"The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected."
"In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense."