Robertson Davies Quotes About Life

Quotes about: Life

• Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.

  Robertson Davies

  Life, Happiness, Happy

• In India it is regarded as a good idea to dart in front of an oncoming car, for the car is sure to kill the evil spirits who are pursuing you, and all the rest of your life you will have good luck.

  Robertson Davies

  Life, Good Luck, Ideas

  Robertson Davies (1949). “The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks”, Clarke, Irwin

• I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the Greek notion of allowing Chance to take a formative hand in my affairs.

  Robertson Davies

  Life, Hands, Order

  Robertson Davies (1996). “Fifth business”, Penguin, 1996

• Pessimism is a very easy way out because it is a short view of life. If you look at what is happening around us today, you can't help but feel that life is a terrible complexity of problems. But if you look back a few thousand years, you realize that we have advanced fantastically. If you take a long view, I do not see how you can be pessimistic about the future of mankind.

  Robertson Davies

  Life, Future, Views

• Whether you are really right or not doesn't matter; it's the belief that counts.

  Robertson Davies

  Life, Matter, Belief

• If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.

  Robertson Davies

  Love, Life, Passion

  "The Pleasures of Love," in "Saturday Night", December 23, 1961.

• If you attack Stupidity you attack an entrenched interest with friends in government and every walk of public life.

  Robertson Davies

  Life, Government, Stupidity

  "The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks". Book by Robertson Davies, 1949.

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