Robert Louis Stevenson Believe Quotations

A generous prayer is never presented in vain; the petition may be refused, but the petitioner is always, I believe, rewarded by some gracious visitation.

When I say writing, O believe me, it is rewriting that I have chiefly in mind.

To believe in immortality is one thing, but it is first needful to believe in life.

I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first.

This grove, that was now so peaceful, must then have rung with cries, I thought; and even with the thought I could believe I heard it ringing still.

I have never seen the sea quiet round Treasure Island. The sun might blaze overhead, the air be without a breath, the surface smooth and blue, but still these great rollers would be running along all the external coast, thundering and thundering by day and night; and I scarce believe there is one spot in the island where a man would be out of earshot of their noise.

Everything is true; only the opposite is true too; you must believe both equally or be damned.

I am told there are people who do not care for maps, and I find it hard to believe.

I believe in an ultimate decency of things.