Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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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...

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...

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream,...

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there...

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there...

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 saints are the sinners who keep on going

The saints are the sinners who keep on going

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.

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...

Youth is wholly experimental

Youth is wholly experimental

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

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

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...

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

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...

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in...

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in...

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about...

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

The obscurest epoch is today.

The obscurest epoch is today.

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.