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James Richardson Quotes

Nothing important comes with instructions.

James Richardson (2010). “By the Numbers”, p.33, Copper Canyon Press

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

"Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays", No. 195, Book by James Richardson, 2001.

Bitterness is a greater failure than failure.

"Vectors: Aphorisms & Ten-Second Essays". Book by James Richardson, 2001.

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

"Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays". Book by James Richardson, 2001.

What is more yours than what always holds you back?

James Richardson (2016). “By the Numbers”, p.64, Copper Canyon Press

All work is the avoidance of harder work.

"2016 Poetry Month: An Interview With James Richardson". Interview with Jonathan Hobratsch, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 1, 2016.

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

"Vectors: Aphorisms & Ten-Second Essays". Book by James Richardson, 2001.

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

"Vectors: Aphorisms & Ten-second Essays". Book by James Richardson, 2001.

Sophistication is upscale conformity.

James Richardson (2016). “By the Numbers”, p.45, Copper Canyon Press

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

James Richardson (2010). “By the Numbers”, p.34, Copper Canyon Press

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

"Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays". Book by James Richardson, 2001.

It is the empty seats that listen most raptly.

James Richardson (2016). “By the Numbers”, p.63, Copper Canyon Press