Henry James
“Don't mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.”
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”
“Experience is never limited, and it is never complete.”
“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance.”
“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.”
“Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost.”
“We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task.”
“Live all you can; it's a mistake not to.”