James Stephens

Curiosity will conquer fear more than bravery will. ↗

— James Stephens

#bravery

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow ↗

— James Stephens

#inspirational

It is by love alone that we understand anything ↗

— James Stephens

#love

The toxin generates the anti-toxin. The end lies concealed in the beginning. All bodies grow around a skeleton. Life is a petticoat about death. ↗

— James Stephens

#life #death

Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it. ↗

— James Stephens

#finality #lumps #nothing #perfect #perfection

Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen. ↗

— James Stephens

#come #fifteen #men #sixty #women

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. ↗

— James Stephens

#consist #does #ever #exactly #originality

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ↗

— James Stephens

#conquer #curiosity #even #fear #more

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow. ↗

— James Stephens

#heart #knows #today #tomorrow #understand

Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies. ↗

— James Stephens

#birds #both #heads #indeed #necessary