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

- John Buchan

I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal.

- John Buchan

Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.

- John Buchan

An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.

- John Buchan

Without humility there can be no humanity.

- John Buchan

That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.

- John Buchan

I believe that every man has in his soul a passion for treasure-hunting, which will often drive a coward into prodigies of valour.

- John Buchan

To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice. It is never a question of who is right but what is right.

- John Buchan

There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness.

- John Buchan