Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it. — James Stephens Death Copy Share Image
Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory — James Stephens Forgetfulness Copy Share Image
Under all wrongdoing lies personal vanity or the feeling that we are endowed and privileged beyond our fellows. — James Stephens Copy Share Image
I would think Until I found Something I can never find; - Something Lying On the ground, In the bottom Of my… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
“Originalitatea nu constă în a spune ce nu a mai spus nimeni, ci în a spune exact ceea ce gândești tu însuți.” — James Stephens Amor 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
A Leprecaun without a pot of gold is like a rose without perfume, a bird without a wing, or an inside without… — James Stephens Bird Copy Share Image
Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it. — James Stephens Beloved Copy Share Image
The trouble of the king becomes the trouble of the subject, for how shall we live if judgement is withheld, or if… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
The inexorable compulsion of all things is towards health or destruction, life or death, and we hasten our joys or our woes… — James Stephens 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
Man works outwardly and inwardly - after rest, he has energy; after energy, he needs repose; so, when we have given instruction… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
“But outside of the North of Ireland there is no religious question, and in the North it is fundamentally more political than… — James Stephens Religion Copy Share Image
Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
There is no tragedy more woeful than the victory of hate, nor any attainment so hopelessly barren as the sterility of that… — James Stephens Achievement Copy Share Image
God did not need any assistance, but man did; bitterly he wanted it, and the giving of such assistance was the proper… — 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
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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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
What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow. — James Stephens Heart Copy Share Image
“A poem is a revelation, and it is by the brink of running water that poetry is revealed to the mind.” — James Stephens Poem 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
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
