Henry James

"A certain kind of success is a form of failure"

"Love is the most universal of all experiences, yet the most particular"

"Death is everywhere and everything; it is woven into the fabric of our existence"

"The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated"

"The very essence of pleasure is discovery"

"A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the public with their defects on their sleeves"

"Mankind is capable of anything because everything is in its nature"

"The historical sense compels a man to write not merely with his own generation in his bones"

"Art makes life, makes interest, makes importance"

"The secret source of humor is sorrow; there is no humor without pain"

"To demand 'sense' is the easiest refuge of the non-imaginative"

"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour"

"Freedom is the most precious of all gifts, and the hardest to use"

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you"

"Experience is never limited and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility"

"The writing of fiction is like sculpture, where you must first give shape to formless matter"

"Patience is the hardest virtue, but the most rewarding"

"What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?"

"The person who has no money is poor; the person with no dreams is destitute"

"Beauty is the only power that makes us forget the miseries of existence"

"The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life or of the work"

"We are dying from overthinking. We suffer more often in imagination than in reality"

"Gratitude is the noblest of all emotions and the foundation of all virtue"

"The great thing about friendship is not what you accomplish together, but the simple joy of companionship"

"Leadership is the art of inspiring others to believe in your vision"

"Money is a most perishable thing compared to the human spirit"

"Health is the only real possession; all else is illusion"

"Adventure is where the soul meets the unknown and becomes itself"

"Technology may be the future, but humanity is the present and always will be"

"Do not live merely; burn with the intensity of your passion"