Claire Messud Quote

There are 2 kinds of fighters: those who fight because they hate, and those who fight because they love.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interes...

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

I used to be a cool chick but I'm not anymore.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Be an example to teach, be a role model to follow, and be a leader to emulate.

Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate person, thereby making you better than the person you were when you were first hurt.