Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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

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

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

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...

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

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...

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

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...

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at...

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke...

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke...