If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONBy being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
More Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes
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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.
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I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine.
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To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.
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It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.
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It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.
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Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.
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It’s a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.
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If your morals make you dreary, depend on it, they are wrong.
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Nothing made by brute force lasts.
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
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To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
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To forget oneself is to be happy.
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The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
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Yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.
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