"It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death."
- Thomas Mann
Love
"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
- Thomas Mann
Self-awareness
"War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace."
- Thomas Mann
Courage
"Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous."
- Thomas Mann
Creativity
"Die Gewohnheit ist ein Seil. Wir weben jeden Tag einen Faden, und schließlich können wir es nicht mehr zerreißen"
- Thomas Mann
Determination
"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