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James Richardson quotes: Reason is the lesser faith that steers us when we have already lost a greater one.

Reason is the lesser faith that steers us when we have already lost a greater one.

James Richardson quotes: On what is valuable thieves and the law agree.

On what is valuable thieves and the law agree.

James Richardson quotes: What I'm not changes more than what I am.

What I'm not changes more than what I am.

James Richardson quotes: Patience is decisive indecision.

Patience is decisive indecision.

James Richardson quotes: Greater than the temptations of beauty are those of method.

Greater than the temptations of beauty are those of method.

James Richardson quotes: Value yourself according to the burdens you carry, and you will find everything a burden.

Value yourself according to the burdens you carry, and you will find everything a burden.

James Richardson quotes: Writing is like washing windows in the sun. With every attempt to perfect clarity, you make a new smear.

Writing is like washing windows in the sun. With every attempt to perfect clarity, you make a new smear.

James Richardson quotes: There are crimes I don't commit mainly because I don't want to find out I could.

There are crimes I don't commit mainly because I don't want to find out I could.

James Richardson quotes: Bitterness is a greater failure than failure.

Bitterness is a greater failure than failure.

$James Richardson quotes: The mind is like a well-endowed museum, only a small fraction of its holdings on view at any one time.$ The mind is like a well-endowed museum, only a small fraction of its holdings on view at any one time.

James Richardson quotes: I sell my time to get enough money to buy it back.

I sell my time to get enough money to buy it back.

James Richardson quotes: The procrastinator dreads beginning, the workaholic, ending.

The procrastinator dreads beginning, the workaholic, ending.

James Richardson quotes: Impatience is not wanting to understand that you don't understand.

Impatience is not wanting to understand that you don't understand.

James Richardson quotes: The best way to get people to do what you want is not to be too particular about what you want.

The best way to get people to do what you want is not to be too particular about what you want.

James Richardson quotes: Sophistication is upscale conformity.

Sophistication is upscale conformity.

James Richardson quotes: Patience is not very different from courage. It just takes longer.

Patience is not very different from courage. It just takes longer.

James Richardson quotes: Those who are too slow to be intelligent deserve our patience, those who are too quick, our pity.

Those who are too slow to be intelligent deserve our patience, those who are too quick, our pity.

James Richardson quotes: Happiness is the readiness to be happy.

Happiness is the readiness to be happy.

James Richardson quotes: Beware of knowing your virtues; you may lose them. Beware of knowing your vices; you may forgive them.

Beware of knowing your virtues; you may lose them. Beware of knowing your vices; you may forgive them.

James Richardson quotes: Success is whatever humiliation everyone has agreed to compete for.

Success is whatever humiliation everyone has agreed to compete for.

James Richardson quotes: It's amazing that I sit at my job all day and no one sees me clearly enough to say What is that boy doing behind a desk?

It's amazing that I sit at my job all day and no one sees me clearly enough to say What is that boy doing behind a desk?

James Richardson quotes: The road reaches every place, the short cut only one.

The road reaches every place, the short cut only one.

James Richardson quotes: There are silences harder to take back than words.

There are silences harder to take back than words.

James Richardson quotes: The drives were nature's first provision: thinking was added later, to get us around the world's obstacles to them.

The drives were nature's first provision: thinking was added later, to get us around the world's obstacles to them.

James Richardson quotes: Anger has been ready to be angry.

Anger has been ready to be angry.

James Richardson quotes: The god of many cannot remain the true god.

The god of many cannot remain the true god.

James Richardson quotes: As for my writing. I like it enough to keep going. I dislike it enough to keep going

As for my writing. I like it enough to keep going. I dislike it enough to keep going

James Richardson quotes: Your choices: spend, and believe in things; save, and believe in money.

Your choices: spend, and believe in things; save, and believe in money.

James Richardson quotes: It is the empty seats that listen most raptly.

It is the empty seats that listen most raptly.

James Richardson quotes: How often feelings are circular. How embarrassing to be embarrassed. How annoying to be annoyed.

How often feelings are circular. How embarrassing to be embarrassed. How annoying to be annoyed.

James Richardson quotes: The first quest or the first love is also the last. The second isn't.

The first quest or the first love is also the last. The second isn't.

James Richardson quotes: Seizing on a piece of business, I become tiny, eager, efficient: roiled water I cannot see into.

Seizing on a piece of business, I become tiny, eager, efficient: roiled water I cannot see into.

James Richardson quotes: So many times I've made myself stupid with the fear of being outsmarted.

So many times I've made myself stupid with the fear of being outsmarted.

James Richardson quotes: Any virtue systematically applied becomes a vice. Morality is attention, not system.

Any virtue systematically applied becomes a vice. Morality is attention, not system.

James Richardson quotes: I'm sitting here bored, ... trying to remember that everything is a complete mystery.

I'm sitting here bored, ... trying to remember that everything is a complete mystery.

James Richardson quotes: I am not unambitious. I am just too ambitious for what you call ambitions.

I am not unambitious. I am just too ambitious for what you call ambitions.

James Richardson quotes: What is more yours than what always holds you back?

What is more yours than what always holds you back?

James Richardson quotes: Happiness, like water, is always available, but so often it seems we'd prefer a different drink.

Happiness, like water, is always available, but so often it seems we'd prefer a different drink.

James Richardson quotes: The best way to know your faults is to notice which ones you accuse others of.

The best way to know your faults is to notice which ones you accuse others of.

James Richardson quotes: Easier to keep changing your life than to live it.

Easier to keep changing your life than to live it.

James Richardson quotes: The first abuse of power is not realizing that you have it.

The first abuse of power is not realizing that you have it.

James Richardson quotes: Tyranny and fantasy both like to write everyone else's lines.

Tyranny and fantasy both like to write everyone else's lines.

James Richardson quotes: Who breaks the thread, the one who pulls, the one who holds on?

Who breaks the thread, the one who pulls, the one who holds on?

James Richardson quotes: God help my neighbors if I loved them as I love myself.

God help my neighbors if I loved them as I love myself.

James Richardson quotes: I'll buy that means also I believe it.

I'll buy that means also I believe it.

James Richardson quotes: There is no road to the land without roads.

There is no road to the land without roads.

James Richardson quotes: If you do more than your share you'd better want to: otherwise, you're paying yourself in a currency recognized nowhere else.

If you do more than your share you'd better want to: otherwise, you're paying yourself in a currency recognized nowhere else.

James Richardson quotes: All work is the avoidance of harder work.

All work is the avoidance of harder work.

James Richardson quotes: Say too soon what you think and you will say what everyone else thinks.

Say too soon what you think and you will say what everyone else thinks.

James Richardson quotes: Water deepens where it has to wait.

Water deepens where it has to wait.

James Richardson quotes: I worked so hard to understand it that it must be true.

I worked so hard to understand it that it must be true.

James Richardson quotes: If it can be used again, it is not wisdom but theory.

If it can be used again, it is not wisdom but theory.

James Richardson quotes: To condemn your sin in another is hypocrisy. Not to condemn is to reserve your right to sin.

To condemn your sin in another is hypocrisy. Not to condemn is to reserve your right to sin.

James Richardson quotes: How sure we are that everyone's watching. How sure we are that no one sees.

How sure we are that everyone's watching. How sure we are that no one sees.

James Richardson quotes: Envy is ashamed of itself. If it weren't hanging back, it would go all the way to emulation and love.

Envy is ashamed of itself. If it weren't hanging back, it would go all the way to emulation and love.

James Richardson quotes: Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean.

Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean.

James Richardson quotes: To practice Sincerity is to burden everyone else with believing you.

To practice Sincerity is to burden everyone else with believing you.

James Richardson quotes: A belief is a question we have put aside so we can get on with what we believe we have to do.

A belief is a question we have put aside so we can get on with what we believe we have to do.

James Richardson quotes: Judging itself brings the pain of being judged. The wicked judge mistakes this for another crime of the accused and lengthens his sentence.

Judging itself brings the pain of being judged. The wicked judge mistakes this for another crime of the accused and lengthens his sentence.

James Richardson quotes: I'm a kid checking mail, a kid on his cell with his questions: are we in love, Life, are we exclusive, are we forever?

I'm a kid checking mail, a kid on his cell with his questions:
are we in love, Life, are we exclusive, are we forever?

James Richardson quotes: Solitude takes time. One becomes alone, like a towel drying.

Solitude takes time. One becomes alone, like a towel drying.

James Richardson quotes: The cynic suffers the form of faith without love. Incredulity is his piety.

The cynic suffers the form of faith without love. Incredulity is his piety.

James Richardson quotes: Think of all the smart people made stupid by flaws of character. The finest watch isn't fine long when used as a hammer.

Think of all the smart people made stupid by flaws of character. The finest watch isn't fine long when used as a hammer.

James Richardson quotes: I don't know what's meant by Know thyself, which seems to ask a window to look at a window.

I don't know what's meant by Know thyself, which seems to ask a window to look at a window.

James Richardson quotes: When I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing.

When I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing.

James Richardson quotes: If I do not waste time, I am wasting my time.

If I do not waste time, I am wasting my time.

James Richardson quotes: I would never accuse Willie Brown of slowing down, because he never does.

I would never accuse Willie Brown of slowing down, because he never does.

James Richardson quotes: Nothing important comes with instructions.

Nothing important comes with instructions.

James Richardson quotes: Too much apology doubles the offense.

Too much apology doubles the offense.

James Richardson quotes: A day is only a day. But a life is only a life.

A day is only a day. But a life is only a life.

James Richardson quotes: To know, you just have to know. To believe, you have to make others believe.

To know, you just have to know. To believe, you have to make others believe.

James Richardson quotes: That others know: science. That others choose: politics.

That others know: science. That others choose: politics.

James Richardson quotes: Let me have my dreams but not what I dream of.

Let me have my dreams but not what I dream of.

James Richardson quotes: You have two kinds of secrets. The ones only you know. The ones only you don't.

You have two kinds of secrets. The ones only you know. The ones only you don't.