Quotes by : John Buchan

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series....

To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.

'What would you call the highest happiness?' Wratislaw was asked. 'The sense of competence ' was the....

He disliked emotion not because he felt lightly but because he felt deeply.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

When a man comes out of great danger, he is apt to be a little deaf to the call of duty.

I get into a tearing passion about something I know very little about, and when I learn more my passion....

It was strange how fear had gone,now that we knew the worst and had a fighting man by our side.

The more doubtful the political outlook the fiercer will be the dogmas which men create and contend for.....

The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.....