Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success...

If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success...

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

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.

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And...

The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make...

The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make...

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The...

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...

No man is useless while he has a friend.

No man is useless while he has a friend.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all...

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all...

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

Silence is golden

Silence is golden

To silence another, first be silent yourself

To silence another, first be silent yourself