There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish;...

You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish;...

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good....

There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good....

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

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

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

In the law of God, there is no statute of limitations.

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...

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

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...

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

To forget oneself is to be happy.

To forget oneself is to be happy.

The little rift between the sexes is astonishingly wide

The little rift between the sexes is astonishingly wide

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

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...

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because theyre not on your road...

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because theyre not on your road...

Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling.

Happiness is part of who we are. Joy is the feeling.