Quotes of famous people

“Do the kind of things that come from the heart, When you do, you won't be dissatisfied, you won't be envious, you won't be longing for somebody else's things. On the contrary, you'll be overhelmed with what comes back”

Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995) American sociologist

“Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another”

Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995) American sociologist

“Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hang on too long.”

Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995) American sociologist

“Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too-even when you are in the dark. Even when you're falling.”

Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995) American sociologist

“We think we don't deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a wise man named Levine said it right. He said." Love is the only rational act.”

Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995) American sociologist

“Death ends a life, not a relationship”

Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995) American sociologist

“For me, living means I can be responsive to the other person. It means I can show my emotions and my feelings. Talk to them. Feel with them …”

Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995) American sociologist

“Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others.”

Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995) American sociologist

“If you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.”

Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995) American sociologist

“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and let it come in”

Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995) American sociologist

“Having the security of being in a series week in, week out gives you great flexibility; you can experience with yourself, try a different scene different ways. If you make a mistake one week, you can look at it and say, 'Well, I won't do that again,' and you're still on the air next week.”

Clint Eastwood (1930) actor and director from the United States

“Though the ideas and opinions themselves are not necessarily illegitimate if held by non-black individuals, they, and the person enunciating them, are illegitimate if that person happens to be black. Thus, there's a subset of criticism that must of necessity be reserved for me, even if every non-black member of the court agrees with the idea or the opinion. You see, they are exempt from this kind of criticism, precisely because they are not black. As noted earlier, they are more often than not subjected to the whites-only sophisticated analysis.”

Clarence Thomas (1948) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

“There is no greater grief than to find no happiness, but happiness in what is past.”

Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer

“Can there be any happiness greater than the happiness of salvation?”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

“If it is true that there is no greater sorrow than to remember a
happy time in a state of misery, it is just as true that calling up a
moment of anguish in a tranquil mood, seated quietly at one's desk, is
a source of profound satisfaction.”

Primo Levi book The Periodic Table

“Politics is a great art. It succeeds at convincing the people that they have to pay for what has been stolen from them.”

Andrzej Majewski (1966) Polish writer and photographer

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Before you judge me, try hard to love me,
Look within your heart then ask,
Have you seen my childhood?”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

“If my eyes could show my soul, everyone would cry when they saw me smile.”

Kurt Cobain (1967–1994) American musician and artist