"Cowards suffer, heroes enjoy...." - Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“Dreams are the touchstones of our character.”

“Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice.”

“Love is the profoundest of secrets. Divulged, even to the beloved, it is no longer Love. As if it were merely I that loved you. When love ceases, then it is divulged.”

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'”

“For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead.”

“We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.”

“To a valet no man is a hero.[Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]”

“A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer.”

“Whatever may be your desire to accomplish great deeds, the deep silence of pregnancy never comes to you! The event of the day sweeps you along like straws before the wind whilst ye lie under the illusion that ye are chasing the event,-poor fellows! If a man wishes to act the hero on the stage he must not think of forming part of the chorus; he should not even know how the chorus is made up.”