Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

If he be Mr. Hyde" he had thought, "I shall be Mr. Seek.

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Love- what is love? A great and aching heart; Wrung hands; and silence; and a long despair

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The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

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Make up your mind to be happy.

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Am I no a bonny fighter?

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The only noble thing a man can do with money is to build a schooner.

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Whenever the moon and stars are set, Whenever the wind is high, All night long in the dark and wet, A man goes riding by.

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That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

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And if a man reads very hard, as the old anecdote reminds us, he will have little time for thought.

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...those little people, my brownies, who do one half of my work for me while I am fast asleep, and in all human likelihood do the rest for me as well, when I am wide awake and fondly suppose I do for myself.

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Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

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The very flexibility and ease which make men's friendships so agreeable while they endure, make them the easier to destroy and forget.

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To miss the joy is to miss everything.

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I hate to write, but I love to have written.

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All error, not merely verbal, is a strong way of stating that the current truth is incomplete.

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Seaward ho! Hang the treasure! It's the glory of the sea that has turned my head.

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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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Wealth I ask not, hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All I seek, the heaven above And the road below me.

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These are my politics: to change what we can; to better what we can; but still to bear in mind that man is but a devil weakly fettered by some generous beliefs and impositions; and for no word however sounding, and no cause however just and pious, to relax the stricture on these bonds.

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If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.

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