Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson

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He who lives in a glass house, should not throw stones at others.

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Let's face it, the most vigorous, significant and noble roles in the Theater of Life are played by amateur actors and cause the viewer only a lazy yawn.

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Desire and curiosity are two eyes that magically transform the world.

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For money we are bound to pay the price of our freedom.

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It is legitimate to pray to God not to let us fall into temptation, but it is not legitimate to run away from those temptations that visit us.

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Walking through life, we suddenly find the ice beneath our feet growing thinner and thinner, and we see around and behind us our generational peers crumbling under it.

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The lion is the king of animals, but unlikely to make a good domestic animal. Likewise, love is too strong a feeling to become the basis of a happy marriage.

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Literature, in all its forms, is nothing but the shadow of a good conversation.

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There is only one difference between a good lunch and a long life, namely that at lunch dessert is served at the end.

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The world is boring for boring people.

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There is no obligation that we underestimate so much as the obligation to be happy.

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Monuments are erected to all things that are least memorable.

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Almost every man, if you are to take his word for it, holds beliefs completely different from those that guide him in life.

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The cruelest lie is often told in silence.

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The darkest age is today...

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The most alien are the aliens who live among us.

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Judge the day that has passed not by the fruit you have reaped, but by the seeds you have sown.

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A thing you are not sorry for is not lost.

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If a man does not like a certain activity, it is unpleasant, it is not obligatory and it is, in fact, useless, then ... the sooner he abandons it, the better it will be for him and for everyone that have anything to do with that activity.

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If your moral principles make you melancholic, know that your moral principles do not make money.

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Kindness and humility: these are two qualities that should never tire people.

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Let's agree to disagree.

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It is much better to be ruined by a reckless nephew than to be fed by a grumpy uncle.

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Memories are a magical cloak that does not wear out with use.

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Maybe fate is kinder to the one who likes to collect seashells than to the one who was born a millionaire...

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Marriage is a long conversation, punctuated by arguments.

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A typical trait of a modest person is that he is ready to accept his circle of friends as the occasion brings.

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This intimate friend, whom I had called forth from my own soul, and sent on his way to act as he pleased, was by nature evil and vile; the center of all his actions and thoughts was himself: he sucked the pleasure out of the terrible torments of others with the greed of a beast; he was as merciless as a stone statue.

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The world is full of a million things, and seeing this is what makes you happy.

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Everyone is capable of carrying their load, until daylight. Everyone can do their job, no matter how hard it is, for a single day. Everyone is able to live kindly, patiently, lovingly and cleanly until they fall under the sun. And that's all life is about.

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Marriage is a friendship recognized by the police.

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The only purpose of life is to be who we are and to be who we can be.

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We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and perhaps the greatest treasure we can find along the way is a true friend.

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There is no place in the world for cowards. We must be ready for trial, pain, and death—ours is no less noble because it is not accompanied by the sound of drums when we march out onto the battlefields of our daily struggles, or by cheering crowds when we turn from the scenes of our daily victories or defeats.

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We neglect no duty so much as to be happy.

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The cruelest lie is often expressed in silence.

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The best things are always near us - the breath in our nose, the light in our eyes, the flowers at our feet, the work in our hands, the path of Truth before us. Let us not reach for the stars, but appreciate our everyday tasks in the sure knowledge that daily duty and daily bread are the sweetest things in our lives.

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A friend is a gift you give yourself.

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Marriage is like a long conversation interspersed with arguments. Two people adjust their views more and more to fit each other, and over time, without a trombone, they lead each other into new worlds of thought.