I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

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...

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the...

In every part and corner of our life, to lose oneself is to be the...

No human being ever spoke of scenery for above two minutes at a time, which...

No human being ever spoke of scenery for above two minutes at a time, which...

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...

The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and...

The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

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.

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

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...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

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

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

I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something.

I find it useful to remember, everyone lives by selling something.

Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.

Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.

When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do...

When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.