“War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.”

“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”

“Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.”

“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”

“True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.”

“It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.”

“In the name of being social, we learn to ignore our natural instinct.Society keeps dictating do's and don'ts which we keep obeying day in and day out.”

“I would advise a stupid woman always to follow her hsuband - however, a smart woman should rely on her own instincts.”

“There are many paths beyond the rules of limited thinking. Trust your instincts!”