“The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.”
"If it is right, it happens. The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away."
- John Steinbeck
Love
"What good is the warm of summer without the cold of winter to give it sweetness."
- John Steinbeck
Balance
"What good is the warmth of summer without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?"
- John Steinbeck
Balance
"If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones."
- John Steinbeck
Compassion
"Beans are a warm cloak against economic cold."
- John Steinbeck
Compassion
"The worth of a person lies in their character, not in their looks."
- Beauty and the Beast
Integrity
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Integrity
"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."
- Baltasar Gracian
Integrity
"Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care."
- Hachiman Hikigaya
Integrity
"What is right? What is wrong? In this mixed up world, deciding what is right and wrong is not easy. You can’t just go by somebody else’s rules. If you let yourself be controlled like that, you’ll just become a puppet that can’t make decisions on its own. You have to live by your rules."
- Gintoki Sakata
Integrity