When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory.

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 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....

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

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

The cruelest lies are often told in silence

The cruelest lies are often told in silence

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;...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

A faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal identity.

The obscurest epoch is today.

The obscurest epoch is today.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...

We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world, and the best that we...

Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.

Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.

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...

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...

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the...

Its a choice. You just have to decide that I'm not going to put my...

Its a choice. You just have to decide that I'm not going to put my...

Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the...

Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the...

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more...

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more...