Claire Messud Quote

Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful

The richest man is he who lives simply but has an abundance of love and kindness to give away.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is s...

You can't always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn't use wisdom before they found themselves knee deep in their version of justice.

The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen.

The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget; but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open...

Gratitude turns disappointment into lessons learned, discoveries made, alternatives explored, and new plans set in motion.

Those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world usually do.