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James Stephens quotes: Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.

Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.

James Stephens quotes: A poem is a revelation, and it is by the brink of running water that poetry is revealed to the mind.

A poem is a revelation, and it is by the brink of running water that poetry is revealed to the mind.

James Stephens quotes: The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life.

The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life.

James Stephens quotes: I would think Until I found Something I can never find; - Something Lying On the ground, In the bottom Of my mind.

I would think Until I found Something I can never find; - Something Lying On the ground, In the bottom Of my mind.

James Stephens quotes: A secret is a weapon and a friend.

A secret is a weapon and a friend.

James Stephens quotes: But outside of the North of Ireland there is no religious question, and in the North it is fundamentally more political than religious.

But outside of the North of Ireland there is no religious question, and in the North it is fundamentally more political than religious.

James Stephens quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I hear a sudden cry of pain! There is a rabbit in a snare.

I hear a sudden cry of pain! There is a rabbit in a snare.

James Stephens quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Is it not possible that the ultimate end is gaiety and music and a dance of joy?

Is it not possible that the ultimate end is gaiety and music and a dance of joy?

James Stephens quotes: Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.

Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.

James Stephens quotes: Curiosity will conquer fear more than bravery will.

Curiosity will conquer fear more than bravery will.

James Stephens quotes: Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.

Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.

James Stephens quotes: Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory

Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory

James Stephens quotes: When a woman speaks to a man about the love she feels for another man, she is not liked.

When a woman speaks to a man about the love she feels for another man, she is not liked.

James Stephens quotes: Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise.

Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise.

James Stephens quotes: The trouble of the king becomes the trouble of the subject, for how shall we live if judgement is withheld, or if faulty decisions are promulgated?

The trouble of the king becomes the trouble of the subject, for how shall we live if judgement is withheld, or if faulty decisions are promulgated?

James Stephens quotes: By having much, you are fitted to have more.

By having much, you are fitted to have more.

James Stephens quotes: Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.

Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.

James Stephens quotes: A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.

A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.

James Stephens quotes: You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.

You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.

James Stephens quotes: Under all wrongdoing lies personal vanity or the feeling that we are endowed and privileged beyond our fellows.

Under all wrongdoing lies personal vanity or the feeling that we are endowed and privileged beyond our fellows.

James Stephens quotes: To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.

To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.

James Stephens quotes: A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.

A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.

James Stephens quotes: God did not need any assistance, but man did; bitterly he wanted it, and the giving of such assistance was the proper business of a woman.

God did not need any assistance, but man did; bitterly he wanted it, and the giving of such assistance was the proper business of a woman.

James Stephens quotes: What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow

James Stephens quotes: A Leprecaun without a pot of gold is like a rose without perfume, a bird without a wing, or an inside without an outside.

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 quotes: It is by love alone that we understand anything

It is by love alone that we understand anything

James Stephens quotes: Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom.

Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom.

James Stephens quotes: We are washed both on coming into the world and on going out of it, and we take no pleasure from the first washing nor any profit from the last.

We are washed both on coming into the world and on going out of it, and we take no pleasure from the first washing nor any profit from the last.

James Stephens quotes: Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it, said the Philosopher.

Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it, said the Philosopher.

James Stephens quotes: Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.

James Stephens quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Can a spear divine the Eternal Will?

Can a spear divine the Eternal Will?

James Stephens quotes: In truth we do not go to Faery, we become Fairy, and in the beating of a pulse we may live for a year or a thousand years.

In truth we do not go to Faery, we become Fairy, and in the beating of a pulse we may live for a year or a thousand years.

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

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