True humanity consists not in a squeamish ear; it consists not in starting or shrinking at tales of misery, but in a disposition of heart to relieve it. True humanity appertains rather to the mind than to the nerves, and prompts men to use real and active endeavors to execute the actions which it suggests.
Charles JamesBrancusi has his medium: Picasso, Faulkner, Shostakovich, theirs. Mine happens to be cloth.
Charles JamesThe human mind is never better disposed to gratitude and attachment than when softened by fear.
Charles James