Quotes about John Buchan

Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep...

#John Buchan

You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I...

#John Buchan

Without humility there can be no humanity.

#John Buchan

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make...

#John Buchan

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather...

#John Buchan

The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it,...

#John Buchan

The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.

#John Buchan

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but...

#John Buchan

The best prayers have often more groans than words.

#John Buchan

Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul,...

#John Buchan

Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.

#John Buchan

He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.

#John Buchan