American-born British poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? – T.S. Eliot
War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored nor accepted. – T.S. Eliot
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. – T.S. Eliot
At the beach – time you enjoyed wasting, is not wasted. – T.S. Eliot
If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks. – T.S. Eliot
Poetry is not an assertion of truth, but the making of that truth more fully real to us. – T.S. Eliot
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. – T.S. Eliot
What is hell? Hell is oneself. Hell is alone, the other figures in it. Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and nothing to escape to. One is always alone. – T.S. Eliot
Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it. – T.S. Eliot
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from. – T.S. Eliot
Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self. – T.S. Eliot
Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions. – T.S. Eliot
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. – T.S. Eliot
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. – T.S. Eliot
To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life. – T.S. Eliot
Everyone gets the experience. Some get the lesson. – T.S. Eliot
If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you. – T.S. Eliot
Death has a hundred hands and walks by a thousand ways. – T.S. Eliot
Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things. – T.S.Eliot
Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life’s supreme complications. – T.S. Eliot
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