128 Quotes by James Richardson

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

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

Too much apology doubles the offense.

Embarrassment is the greatest teacher, but since its lessons are exactly those we have tried hardest to conceal from ourselves, it may teach us, also, to perfect our self-deception.

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

The god of many cannot remain the true god.

Success is whatever humiliation everyone has agreed to compete for.

I'll buy that means also I believe it.

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