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

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

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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...

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.

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...

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...

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

Nothing like a little judicious levity.

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...

Wine is bottled poetry.

Wine is bottled poetry.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others

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

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

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.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for...

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

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...

The obscurest epoch is today.

The obscurest epoch is today.

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a...

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

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...

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are...

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are...

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call...

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call...