Leslie Stephen Men Quotations

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

God is angry with man. Unless we believe and repent we shall all be damned. It is impossible, indeed, for its advocates even to say this without instantly contradicting themselves. Their doctrine frightens them. They explain in various ways that a great many people will be saved without believing, and that eternal damnation is not eternal nor damnation.

I believe that the ascent of mountains forms an essential chapter in the complete duty of man, and that it is wrong to leave any district without setting foot on its highest peak.

Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season.

The English literary movement at the end of the 18th century was obviously due in great part, if not mainly, to the renewed practice of walking.

The wilderness provides an environment for a child's inner life to develop because it requires him to be constantly aware of his surroundings.

Why, when no honest man will deny in private that every ultimate problem is wrapped in the profoundest mystery, do honest men proclaim in pulpits that unhesitating certainty is the duty of the most foolish and ignorant? Is it not a spectacle to make the angels laugh?

She's throwing well. She's just playing with tremendous confidence. The team has made some great plays behind her. If we get her a couple of runs for a lead, as a coach, it's a great feeling.

Poe is a kind of Hawthorne and delirium tremens.