The past and future / Are conquered, and reconciled. T. S. Eliot More Quotes by T. S. Eliot More Quotes From T. S. Eliot Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. T. S. Eliot motivationalinspirationallife For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business. T. S. Eliot poetryworktrying Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. T. S. Eliot importantpridepeople 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 inspirationallifefunny If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks. T. S. Eliot silenceheartfirsts Everyone gets the experience. Some get the lesson. T. S. Eliot lessons 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 wisdomlifeknowledge The tendency of liberals is to create bodies of men and women-of all classes-detached from tradition, alienated from religion, and susceptible to mass suggestion-mob rule. And a mob will be no less a mob if it is well fed, well clothed, well housed, and well disciplined. T. S. Eliot mob-ruleclassmen Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications. T. S. Eliot simplelife-isway I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say. T. S. Eliot pleasenoteslong If you do not push the boundaries, you will never know where they are. T. S. Eliot boundariesifsknows The journey, Not the destination matters. T. S. Eliot destinationjourneymatter We die to each other daily. What we know of other people is only our memory of the moments during which we knew them. And they have changed since then. To pretend that they and we are the same is a useful and convenient social convention which must sometimes be broken. We must also remember that at every meeting we are meeting a stranger. T. S. Eliot relationshipmemoriespeople 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 what-you-wantwantthinking 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 beautifulinspirationallife There's no vocabulary For love within a family, love that's lived in But not looked at, love within the light of which All else is seen, the love within which All other love finds speech. This love is silent. T. S. Eliot vocabularyfamilylove The majority of mankind is lazyminded, incurious, absorbed in vanities, and tepid in emotion, and is therefore incapable of either much doubt or much faith. T. S. Eliot vanitymajoritydoubt Those who say they give the public what it wants begin by underestimating public taste and end by debauching it. T. S. Eliot politicalwantgiving 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 motivationalinspirationallife Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self. T. S. Eliot philosophicalhumilitythinking
