Cassandra Clare Quotes

Let us give today first the vital things of life and all the grace and ornaments of life will follow.

We must not think of the things we could do with, but only of the things that we can't do without.

Staples are only good if they truly suit our lifestyle.

When it comes to educating all of us about the most basic things in life, it seems to me we need more kindergartens and fewer graduate schools.

I am open to conviction on all points except dinner and debts. I hold that the one must be eaten and the other paid.

Secrecy is as indispensable to human beings as fire, and as greatly feared.

Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.

Without me there could be no everybody.

Seek the insignificant small but essential qualities, essential to life

Throughout human history, people have developed strong loyalties to traditions, rituals, and symbols. In the most effective organizations, they are not only respected but celebrated. It is no coincidence that the most highly admired corporations are also among the most profitable. Why? Because everyone involved is committed to certain non-negotiable core values. Traditions keep them alive. Rituals such as special occasions reaffirm them. Symbols serve as constant reminders of their enduring importance.

The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.

Humans have the remarkable ability to get exactly what they must have. But there is a difference between a 'must' and 'want'.

As I sat down, though, I realized that you can get used to certain luxuries that you start to think they're necessities, but when you have to forgo them, you come to see that you don't need them after all. There was a big difference between needing things and wanting things--though a lot of people had trouble telling the two apart--and at the ranch, I could see, we have pretty much everything we'd need but precious little else.

It’s one thing to be the greatest; it’s another thing to be necessary. The best are the most necessary: those who take less than they give and love more than they hate.

Necessity, thou mother of the world!

What is necessary is never a risk.

Hunger never saw bad bread.

Don't compromise your principles.

You aren't alive if you aren't in need.

so few in reality are the true necessities of man

Good wine is a necessity of life for me.

Life before toilet paper was not worth living.

Necessity is stronger far than art.

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

Redundancy is expensive but indispensable.