"It is by love alone that we understand…" — James Stephens
"It is by love alone that we understand anything"
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38 Quotes by James Stephens
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Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think…
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What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.
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Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory
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Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.
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A secret is a weapon and a friend.
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By having much, you are fitted to have more.
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To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.
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Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.
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Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom.
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We are washed both on coming into the world and on going out of it, and we take no pleasure…
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Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly…
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A Leprecaun without a pot of gold is like a rose without perfume, a bird without a wing, or an…
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately…
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There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
— Paul Auster
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I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came…
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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex…
— Sri Aurobindo
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Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her…
— Jane Austen
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I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.
— Richard Avedon
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to…
— Teresa of Avila
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While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward,…
— Teresa of Avila
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The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be…
— Diane Ackerman
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially…
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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges…
— Michelle Bachelet
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We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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