What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow. — James Stephens Heart Copy Share Image
To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice. — James Stephens Copy Share Image
“Fionn went [...] to carve a name for himself that will live while Time has an ear and knows an Irishman” — James Stephens Time Copy Share Image
A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find. — James Stephens Copy Share Image
“Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it, said the Philosopher.” — James Stephens Death Copy Share Image
Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness. — James Stephens Chaos Copy Share Image
The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life. — James Stephens Duty Copy Share Image
Is it not possible that the ultimate end is gaiety and music and a dance of joy? — James Stephens Beginning Copy Share Image
When a woman speaks to a man about the love she feels for another man, she is not liked. — James Stephens Copy Share Image
We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
The mysteries of death and birth occupy women far more than is the case with men, to whom political and mercantile speculations… — James Stephens Birth Copy Share Image
To work is nothing; the king on his throne, the priest kneeling before the Holy Altar, all people in all places had… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
“After a lie truth bursts out, and it is no longer the radiant and serene goddess knew or hoped for—it is a… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
We are washed both on coming into the world and on going out of it, and we take no pleasure from the… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
Life runs to death as its goal, and we should go towards that next stage of experience either carelessly as to what… — James Stephens Curiosity Copy Share Image
If men understood domestic economy half as well as women do, then their political economy and their entire consequent statecraft would not… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
To ask questions can become the laziest and wobbliest occupation of a mind, but when you must yourself answer the problem that… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
“It has occurred to me, brother, that wisdom may not be the end to everything. Goodness and kindness are, perhaps, beyond wisdom.… — James Stephens Goodness and kindness Copy Share Image
“There are more worlds than one, and in many ways they are unlike each other. But joy and sorrow, or, in other… — James Stephens Good and evil Copy Share Image
I came to the resolve that the attempt was not only worth trying, but should be tried in the very near future… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
“Even the wind had ceased, and there seemed to be nothing in the world but the darkness and himself. In that gigantic… — James Stephens Darkness Copy Share Image
“Knowledge, may it be said, is higher than magic and is more to be sought. It is quite possible to see what… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
“He saw a square room furnished as a library. The entire section of the walls which he could spy was covered from… — James Stephens Books Copy Share Image
“There is a difference between this world and the world of Faery, but it is not immediately perceptible. Everything that is here… — James Stephens Faery Copy Share Image
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. — James Stephens Creativity Copy Share Image
Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise. — James Stephens Beautiful Copy Share Image
“In truth we do not go to Faery, we become Fairy, and in the beating of a pulse we may live for… — James Stephens Fairy Copy Share Image
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