Robert Louis Stevenson

Curiosity and timidity fought a long battle in his heart.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Do not forget that even as ‘to work is to worship’ so to be cheery is to worship also, and to be happy is the first step to being pious.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Doubtless the world is quite right in a million ways; but you have to be kicked about a little to convince you of the fact.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Ethics are my veiled mistress; I love them, but know not what they are.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Every book is, in an intimate sense, a circular-letter to the friends of him who writes it.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Every child can remember laying his head in the grass, staring into the infinitesimal forest and seeing it grow populous with fairy armies.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Every man is his own doctor of divinity, in the last resort.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Everyday life is a stimulating mixture of order and haphazardry. The sun rises and sets on schedule but the wind bloweth where it listeth.

Robert Louis Stevenson