Quotes by Richard Francis Burton

“Do what thy manhood bids thee do,/ From none but self expect applause:/ He noblest lives and noblest dies/ Who makes and keeps his self-made laws.”

“Reason is lifes sole arbiter.”

“The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.”

Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Civilization, man feels once more happy.

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself.

Id like to be born the son of a duke with 90,000 pounds a year, on an enormous estate.... And Id like to have the most enormous library, and Id like to think that I could read those books forever and forever, and die unlamented, unknown, unsung, unhonored - and packed with information.

“Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Civilization, man feels once more happy.”