Happy Birthday Ruskin Bond! 9 quotes on life by iconic writer

“To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast.”
 

“Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure.”
 

“It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape.”
 

“Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much.”
 

“All glory comes from daring to begin.”
 

“On books and friends, I spend my money;

For stones and bricks I haven’t any.”
 

“It’s courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road.”
 

“And when all the wars are done, a butterfly will still be beautiful.”
 

“… for every time I see the sky I’m aware of belonging to the universe than to just one corner of the earth.”