John Buchan Quotes
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Oh, I agree he went mad in the end. It is the only explanation. Something must have snapped in that fine brain, and he saw the little bit more which we call madness. Thank God, you and I are prosaic fellows...
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Too young for wife, too old for child, but the ripe age for comrade - and such a comrade, for there was a boy's gallantry in her eyes and something of a child's confident fearlessness.
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It is only a dying cause which can attain to perfect taste.
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If anyone makes trouble I've advised him to dot him one on the jaw in the best British style.
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What can stand against loyalty? It is the faith that moves mountains.
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The Simple Life is the last refuge of complicated and restless souls.
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Boldness, and still boldness, was the only wisdom. To be cautious was to be rash.
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Bethink you of the blessedness. Every wife is like the Mother of God-she has the hope of bearing a saviour of mankind. She is the channel of the eternal purpose of Heaven.
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Any large-scale organization must lose some of the merits of its rudimentary beginnings. Quantity will have a coarsening effect on quality.
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Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.
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Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.
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It's the Idea that wins every time - the Idea with brains and guts behind it.
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.