Henry James quotes and words of wisdom

"It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature."
Found in the topic Literature.

"Of his own death: So here it is at last, the distinguished thing."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one"s self, but the point is not only to get out ? you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand."
Found in the topic Happiness.

"Without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived, to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that, this doubtless is the right way to live."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue."
Found in the topic Experience.

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind."
Found in the topic Kindness.

"Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
Found in the topic Summer.

Interesting Quotes

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.Nick Diamos

Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights Get up, stand up Never give up the fight.Bob Marley