To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Fulfillment Quotes

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

The existence of a man is so small a thing to take, so mighty a...

The existence of a man is so small a thing to take, so mighty a...

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...

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

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.

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like...

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like...

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all...

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all...

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...

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there...

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there...

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

A friend is a present you give to yourself.

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.

Everyone lives by selling something, whatever be his right to it.

Everyone lives by selling something, whatever be his right to 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...

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

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably...

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably...

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.

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes...