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

Topics: Gifts Quotes, Habit Quotes

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on...

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

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...

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.

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

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

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in...

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in...

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

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

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his...

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others,...

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

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

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

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage...

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage...

I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living...

I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living...