John Buchan
John Buchan
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, GCMG, GCVO, CH, PCwas a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 August 1875
peace kind states
Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.
emotion felt
He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.
humility pride humanity
Without humility there can be no humanity.
believe heart men
Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.
fishing trout fisherman
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
real differences space
I wondered whether the scientific modern brain could not get to the stage of realising that Space is not an empty homogeneous medium, but full of intricate differences, intelligible and real, though not with our common reality.
funny atheist mean
An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.
conspiracy civilisation
Civilisation is a conspiracy.
fall sight jewels
And where the deepest current crawls/ Like thistledown the dainty fly falls./ Then from the depths a silver gleam/ Quick flashes, like a jewel bright./ Up through the waters of the stream/ An instant visible to sight/ As lightning cleaves to sombre sky/ A rainbow rises to the fly.
past pay debt
We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.
ifs
It's a great life, if you don't weaken,
inspirational two joy
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness.
history guarantees study
That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.
believe passion men
I believe that every man has in his soul a passion for treasure-hunting, which will often drive a coward into prodigies of valour.