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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I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a...

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of 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...

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

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...

The world has no room for cowards.

The world has no room for cowards.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.

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...

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

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.

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...

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

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...

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

Old and young, we are all on our last cruise.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

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 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...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and...

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and...

It's a huge change for your body. You don't even want to look in the...

It's a huge change for your body. You don't even want to look in the...

A guilty suffering spirit is more open to grace than an apathetic or smug soul.

A guilty suffering spirit is more open to grace than an apathetic or smug soul.