What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow. James Stephens headhearttoday Change image and share on social
Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it. James Stephens deathfinalitylump Change image and share on social
A Leprecaun without a pot of gold is like a rose without perfume, a bird without a wing, or an inside without an outside. James Stephens birdgoldinside Change image and share on social
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. James Stephens consistoriginality Change image and share on social
If men understood domestic economy half as well as women do, then their political economy and their entire consequent statecraft would not be the futil muddle which it is. James Stephens consequentdomesticeconomy Change image and share on social
There is no tragedy more woeful than the victory of hate, nor any attainment so hopelessly barren as the sterility of that achievement; for hate is finality, and finality is the greatest evil which can happen in a world of movement. James Stephens achievementattainmentbarren share on social
The mysteries of death and birth occupy women far more than is the case with men, to whom political and mercantile speculations are more congenial. James Stephens birthcasecongenial Change image and share on social
Life runs to death as its goal, and we should go towards that next stage of experience either carelessly as to what must be, or with a good, honest curiosity as to what may be. James Stephens carelesslycuriositydeath Change image and share on social
Knowledge, may it be said, is higher than magic and is more to be sought. It is quite possible to see what is happening and yet not know what is forward, for while seeing is believing, it does not follow that either seeing or believing is knowing. James Stephens believefollowforward share on social
