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T. S. Eliot quotes: Here between the hither and the farther shoreWhile time is withdrawn, consider the futureAnd the past with an equal mind. Here between the hither and the farther shore
While time is withdrawn, consider the future
And the past with an equal mind.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Lord, I am not worthyLord, I am not worthybut speak the word only. Lord, I am not worthy
Lord, I am not worthy
but speak the word only.
T. S. Eliot quotes: In order to possess what you do not possess, you must go by the way of dispossession. In order to possess what you do not possess, you must go by the way of dispossession.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison. Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Home is where one starts from. Home is where one starts from.
T. S. Eliot quotes: O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark,The vacant interstellar spaces, the vacant into the vacant O dark dark dark. They all go into the dark,
The vacant interstellar spaces, the vacant into the vacant
T. S. Eliot quotes: We had the experience, but we missed the meaning. We had the experience, but we missed the meaning.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self. Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Any religion is forever in danger of petrifaction into mere ritual and habit, though ritual and habit be essential to religion. Any religion is forever in danger of petrifaction into mere ritual and habit, though ritual and habit be essential to religion.
T. S. Eliot quotes: A national culture, if it is to flourish, should be a constellation of cultures, the constitutes of which, benefiting each other, benefit the whole. A national culture, if it is to flourish, should be a constellation of cultures, the constitutes of which, benefiting each other, benefit the whole.
T. S. Eliot quotes: The only hope, or else despairLies in the choice of pyre or pyre -To be redeemed from fire by fire. The only hope, or else despair
Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre -
To be redeemed from fire by fire.
T. S. Eliot quotes: You are here to kneel. You are here to kneel.
T. S. Eliot quotes: We read many books, because we cannot know enough people. We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.
T. S. Eliot quotes: A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good. A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks Faced by the snarled and yelping seas. Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks Faced by the snarled and yelping seas.
T. S. Eliot quotes: One starts an action simply because one must do something. One starts an action simply because one must do something.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Eyes I dare not meet in dreamsIn death's dream kingdom Eyes I dare not meet in dreams
In death's dream kingdom
T. S. Eliot quotes: Again I must remind you that a dog's a dog-a cat's a cat. Again I must remind you that a dog's a dog-a cat's a cat.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Someone said, 'The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.' Precisely, and they are that which we know. Someone said, 'The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.' Precisely, and they are that which we know.
T. S. Eliot quotes: I am glad you have a Cat, but I do not believe it is So remarkable a cat as My Cat. I am glad you have a Cat, but I do not believe it is So remarkable a cat as My Cat.
T. S. Eliot quotes: In a mind charged with an eager purpose and an unfinished vindictiveness, there is no room for new feelings. In a mind charged with an eager purpose and an unfinished vindictiveness, there is no room for new feelings.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Bad poets imitate, good poets steal. Bad poets imitate, good poets steal.
T. S. Eliot quotes: There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him. There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Not the intense momentIsolated, with no before and after,But a lifetime burning in every moment. Not the intense moment
Isolated, with no before and after,
But a lifetime burning in every moment.
T. S. Eliot quotes: The destination cannot be described; / You will know very little until you get there; / You will journey blind. The destination cannot be described; / You will know very little until you get there; / You will journey blind.
T. S. Eliot quotes: I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different. I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.
T. S. Eliot quotes: This is the feeling for syllable and rhythm, penetrating far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling, invigorating every word. This is the feeling for syllable and rhythm, penetrating far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling, invigorating every word.
T. S. Eliot quotes: It is certain that a book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it. It is certain that a book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Can we only loveSomething created in our own imaginations? Can we only love
Something created in our own imaginations?
T. S. Eliot quotes: The journey not the arrival matters. The journey not the arrival matters.
T. S. Eliot quotes: It's not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them. It's not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Truth on our level is a different thing from truth for the jellyfish. Truth on our level is a different thing from truth for the jellyfish.
T. S. Eliot quotes: The usual dog about the town is much inclined to play the clown. The usual dog about the town is much inclined to play the clown.
T. S. Eliot quotes: In the mountains, there you feel free. In the mountains, there you feel free.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Honest criticism and sensible appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry. Honest criticism and sensible appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry.
T. S. Eliot quotes: The circle of our understanding is a very restricted area. The circle of our understanding is a very restricted area.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Cling, swing, Spring, sing, Swing up into the apple tree. Cling, swing, Spring, sing, Swing up into the apple tree.
T. S. Eliot quotes: We do not know until the shell breaks what kind of egg we have been sitting on. We do not know until the shell breaks what kind of egg we have been sitting on.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Turning Wearily, as one would turn to nod goodbye to Rochefoucauld, If the street were time and he as the end of the street. Turning Wearily, as one would turn to nod goodbye to Rochefoucauld, If the street were time and he as the end of the street.
T. S. Eliot quotes: These are only hints an guesses ... the rest is prayer, observance, discipline, thought, and action. These are only hints an guesses ... the rest is prayer, observance, discipline, thought, and action.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Now that the lilacs are in bloomShe has a bowl of lilacs in her room Now that the lilacs are in bloom
She has a bowl of lilacs in her room
T. S. Eliot quotes: The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible. The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.
T. S. Eliot quotes: When comparing works of art, it is important that the art itself, and not the artists, be considered. When comparing works of art, it is important that the art itself, and not the artists, be considered.
T. S. Eliot quotes: There is no such thing as a lost cause, because there is no such thing as a gained cause There is no such thing as a lost cause, because there is no such thing as a gained cause
T. S. Eliot quotes: The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man
T. S. Eliot quotes: Politic, cautious, and meticulous;full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse Politic, cautious, and meticulous;
full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse
T. S. Eliot quotes: Gin and drugs, dear lady, gin and drugs. Gin and drugs, dear lady, gin and drugs.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Each day a raid on the inarticulate--T.S. Eliot Each day a raid on the inarticulate--T.S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot quotes: that which is only livingCan only die that which is only living
Can only die
T. S. Eliot quotes: For history is a pattern Of timeless moments. So, while the light fails On a winter's afternoon, in a secluded chapel History is now and England. For history is a pattern Of timeless moments. So, while the light fails On a winter's afternoon, in a secluded chapel History is now and England.
T. S. Eliot quotes: The chief danger about Paris is that it is such a strong stimulant. The chief danger about Paris is that it is such a strong stimulant.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Do I dare Disturb the universe? Do I dare Disturb the universe?
T. S. Eliot quotes: Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?Where is the knowledge we have lost in infomation? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in infomation?
T. S. Eliot quotes: You must not on any account give me credit for being penetrating. I have impressed people that way before, and the result is always disaster. You must not on any account give me credit for being penetrating. I have impressed people that way before, and the result is always disaster.
T. S. Eliot quotes: I can show you fear in a handful of dust I can show you fear in a handful of dust
T. S. Eliot quotes: I suspect that in our loathing of totalitarianism, there is infused a good deal of admiration for its efficiency. I suspect that in our loathing of totalitarianism, there is infused a good deal of admiration for its efficiency.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
T. S. Eliot quotes: life is long between the desire and the spasm. life is long between the desire and the spasm.
T. S. Eliot quotes: In the last few years everything I'd done up to sixty or so has seemed very childish. In the last few years everything I'd done up to sixty or so has seemed very childish.
T. S. Eliot quotes: The fool,fixed in his folly,may think He can turn the wheel on which he turns. The fool,fixed in his folly,may think He can turn the wheel on which he turns.
T. S. Eliot quotes: A people without historyIs not redeemed from time, for history is a patternOf timeless moments. A people without history
Is not redeemed from time, for history is a pattern
Of timeless moments.
T. S. Eliot quotes: The Church must be forever building, for it is forever decaying within and attacked from without. The Church must be forever building, for it is forever decaying within and attacked from without.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Accident is design / And design is accident / In a cloud of unknowing. Accident is design / And design is accident / In a cloud of unknowing.
T. S. Eliot quotes: All time is unreedemable. All time is unreedemable.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Redeem the time. Redeem the unread vision of a higher dream ... Redeem the time. Redeem the unread vision of a higher dream ...
T. S. Eliot quotes: The end is in the beginning. The end is in the beginning.
T. S. Eliot quotes: If you want it you must obtain it by great labor. If you want it you must obtain it by great labor.
T. S. Eliot quotes: There is nothing at all to be done about it, There is nothing to do about anything. There is nothing at all to be done about it, There is nothing to do about anything.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Heretic ... is a person who seizes upon a truth and pushes it to the point at which it becomes a falsehood. Heretic ... is a person who seizes upon a truth and pushes it to the point at which it becomes a falsehood.
T. S. Eliot quotes: It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of beauty. It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the 'dear deceit' of beauty.
T. S. Eliot quotes: It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves. It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Of lovers whose bodies smell of each other Who think the same thoughts without need of speech Of lovers whose bodies smell of each other
Who think the same thoughts without need of speech
T. S. Eliot quotes: I should have been a pair of ragged claws/ Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. I should have been a pair of ragged claws/ Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.
T. S. Eliot quotes: The great ages did not contain the best talent, they wasted less. The great ages did not contain the best talent, they wasted less.
T. S. Eliot quotes: The still point in a turning world. The still point in a turning world.
T. S. Eliot quotes: There will be time to murder and create. There will be time to murder and create.
T. S. Eliot quotes: I must say Bernard Shaw is greatly improved by music. I must say Bernard Shaw is greatly improved by music.
T. S. Eliot quotes: What is true, is true only for one time and only for one place. What is true, is true only for one time and only for one place.
T. S. Eliot quotes: April is the cruellest month. April is the cruellest month.
T. S. Eliot quotes: My life is light, waiting for the death wind, Like a feather on the back of my hand. My life is light, waiting for the death wind, Like a feather on the back of my hand.
T. S. Eliot quotes: History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors and issues. History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors and issues.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Each way means loneliness and communion. Each way means loneliness
and communion.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Men tighten the knot of confusion Into perfect misunderstanding. Men tighten the knot of confusion Into perfect misunderstanding.
T. S. Eliot quotes: At the still point, there the dance is. At the still point, there the dance is.
T. S. Eliot quotes: All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance. All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance.
T. S. Eliot quotes: And the end and the beginning were always thereBefore the beginning and after the end.And all is always now. And the end and the beginning were always there
Before the beginning and after the end.
And all is always now.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Between the ideaAnd the realityBetween the motionAnd the actFalls the Shadow Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
T. S. Eliot quotes: Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel. Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.
T. S. Eliot quotes: No artist produces great art by a deliberate attempt to express his own personality. No artist produces great art by a deliberate attempt to express his own personality.
T. S. Eliot quotes: A thousand policemen directing traffic cannot tell you why you come or where you go. A thousand policemen directing traffic cannot tell you why you come or where you go.
T. S. Eliot quotes: I think we are in rats' alley Where the dead men lost their bones. I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Those who arrive at the end of the journey are not those who began. Those who arrive at the end of the journey are not those who began.
T. S. Eliot quotes: People exercise an unconscious selection in being influenced. People exercise an unconscious selection in being influenced.
T. S. Eliot quotes: It is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good. It is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good.
T. S. Eliot quotes: The young feel tired at the end of an action, the old at the beginning. The young feel tired at the end of an action, the old at the beginning.
T. S. Eliot quotes: No place of grace for those who avoid the faceNo time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the voice No place of grace for those who avoid the face
No time to rejoice for those who walk among noise and deny the voice
T. S. Eliot quotes: I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots;Her coat is one of the tabby kind,with tiger stripes and lepard spots. I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots;Her coat is one of the tabby kind,with tiger stripes and lepard spots.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature. Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.
T. S. Eliot quotes: Yeats was the greatest poet of our times ... certainly the greatest in this language, and so far as I am able to judge, in any language. Yeats was the greatest poet of our times ... certainly the greatest in this language, and so far as I am able to judge, in any language.
T. S. Eliot quotes: For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice. For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.

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