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

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

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...

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...

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Nothing made by brute force lasts.

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from...

It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from...

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

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

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...

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?

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind...

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind...

The cruelest lies are often told in silence

The cruelest lies are often told in silence

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

To forget oneself is to be happy.

To forget oneself is to be happy.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly,...

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.