I have resolved that from this day on, I will do all the business I can honestly, have all the fun I can reasonably, do all the good I can willingly, and save my digestion by thinking pleasantly. Robert Louis Stevenson More Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson More Quotes From Robert Louis Stevenson Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man. Robert Louis Stevenson vanitycasesmen When I suffer in mind, stories are my refuge; I take them like opium; and consider one who writes them as a sort of doctor of the mind. Robert Louis Stevenson doctorsmindwriting Saints are sinners who kept on going. Robert Louis Stevenson perseverancedont-give-upgiving-up To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity. Robert Louis Stevenson idlestrongidentity Fear is the strong passion; it is with fear that you must trifle, if you wish to taste the intensest joys of living. Robert Louis Stevenson passionstrongfear Is there anything in life so disenchanting as achievement? Robert Louis Stevenson anything-in-lifeachievement 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. Robert Louis Stevenson respectlovefall Everyone lives by selling something. Robert Louis Stevenson marketingbusinesslife There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last. Robert Louis Stevenson sweetlifefunny I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. Robert Louis Stevenson readinginspiringbook To be wealthy, a rich nature is the first requisite and money but the second. To be of a quick and healthy blood, to share in all honorable curiosities, to be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good of others, to love with such generosity of heart that your love is still a dear possession in absence or unkindness-these are the gifts of fortune which money cannot buy, and without which money can buy nothing. Robert Louis Stevenson heartlove-ischaracter So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend. Robert Louis Stevenson inspirationallovelife Money alone is only a mean; it presupposes a man to use it. The rich man can go where he pleases, but perhaps please himself nowhere. He can buy a library or visit the whole world, but perhaps has neither patience to read nor intelligence to see.... The purse may be full and the heart empty. He may have gained the world and lost himself; and with all his wealth around him ... he may live as blank a life as any tattered ditcher. Robert Louis Stevenson moneyheartmean My idea of man's chief end was to enrich the world with things of beauty, and have a fairly good time myself while doing so. Robert Louis Stevenson funeralmenideas An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. Robert Louis Stevenson goalinspirationallife Sit loosely in the saddle. Robert Louis Stevenson leisuresaddles Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life. Robert Louis Stevenson menlifechildren Sir, with no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth. Robert Louis Stevenson treasure-islandintentionmouths I wish these flies would piss off. Robert Louis Stevenson wish Since hate poisons the soul, don't cherish enmities or grudges: avoid people who make you unhappy. Robert Louis Stevenson sadnesshatepeople
