Robert Louis Stevenson

A little amateur painting in water colors shows the innocent and the quiet mind.

Robert Louis Stevenson

A man should stop his ears against paralyzing terror and run the race that is set before him with a single mind.

Robert Louis Stevenson

A mendacious umbrella is a sign of great moral degradation.

Robert Louis Stevenson

A true writer is someone the gods have called to the task.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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

Robert Louis Stevenson

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

Robert Louis Stevenson

All sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth, and none, or almost none for the disenchantment of age.

Robert Louis Stevenson

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.

Robert Louis Stevenson

An aim in life is the only fortune worth the finding; and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself.

Robert Louis Stevenson