Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good...

Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good...

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 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...

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.

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...

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences.

The world has no room for cowards.

The world has no room for cowards.

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...

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

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

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to...

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by...

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...

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence

The cruelest lies are often told in silence

Infidelity is a choice made of our own free will.

Infidelity is a choice made of our own free will.

It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.

It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.