"Plunge boldly into the thick of life,..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator.”

“When she sees the leaves fall, they raise no other idea in her mind than that winter is approaching.”

“Whoever strikes at marriage either by word or act undermines the foundation of all moral society.”

“I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad.”

“Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness.”

“Live your passion. What does that mean, anyway? It means that when you get up for work every morning, every single morning, you are pumped because you get to talk about or work with or do the thing that interests you the most in the world. You don’t live for vacations because you don’t need a break from what you’re doing—working, playing, and relaxing are one and the same. You don’t even pay attention to how many hours you’re working because to you, it’s not really work. You’re making money, but you’d do whatever it is you’re doing for free.”

“Don't ask for security, ask for adventure”

“The brave venture anything.”

“If many of our young people have lost the excitement of the early settlers, who had a country to explore and develop, it is because no one remembers to tell them that the world has never been so challenging, so exciting... Perhaps the older generation is often to blame with its cautious warning: “Take a job that will give you security, not adventure.” But I say to the young: “Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, and imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence.”