“There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.”
John Buchan Quotes
1875 – 1940
Scottish novelist and statesman, author of "The Thirty-Nine Steps".
22 quotesAbout John Buchan on Wikipedia
“The Simple Life is the last refuge of complicated and restless souls.”
“Happiness lies only in a divine unrest; and if you are lapped in comfort you stagnate and miss it.”
“Perfect love casteth out fear, the Bible says; but, to speak it reverently, so does perfect hate.”
“The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.”
“I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal.”
“A fool tries to look different: a clever man looks the same and is different.”
“In a tangle of duties a man must seize the solitary clear one.”
“Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.”
“Civilisation wins because it is a world-wide league; its enemies fail because they are parochial.”
“Though nature is wasteful of material things, there is no waste of spirit.”
“Truth's like a dollar-piece, it's got two sides, and both are wanted to make it good currency.”
“There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.”
“He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.”
“To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.”
“We had our pride shattered, and without humility there can be no humanity.”
