Pierre Favre

You, and only you, choose how you feel.

Let us not forget: I didn’t just wake up First Lady… I mean, I went to law school, I practised law, I worked for the city, I ran a nonprofit (and) I was an executive at a hospital. I’ve been in the world. I’ve worked in every sector, and you don’t do that without coming up against some stuff. You know, having your feelings hurt, having people say things about you that aren’t true… Life hits you, so over the course of living, you learn how to protect yourself in it. You learn to take in what you need and get rid of the stuff that’s clearly not true.

Do all the other things, the ambitious things-travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes…but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

People have the right to think and say whatever they want to. But you have the right not to take it to heart, and not to react.

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I’m not saying that’s bad.

Never turn your back on enthusiasm.

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Don’t wait until you’re in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.

Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.

The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.