Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

Robert Louis Stevenson — Scottish Writer born on November 13, 1850, died on December 03, 1894

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde... (wikipedia)

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.

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

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.