A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Self Identity Quotes

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells...

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells...

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however...

Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however...

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not...

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?

Of what shall a man be proud, if he is not proud of his friends?

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and...

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage...

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage...

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of...

The obscurest epoch is today.

The obscurest epoch is today.

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

For God's sake, give me the young man who has brains enough to make a...

I wasn't born a fool. It took work to get this way.

I wasn't born a fool. It took work to get this way.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.

The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is...

The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is...