T. S. Eliot Quotes

The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.

The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.

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.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is more

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?

Half of the harm that is done in this world Is due to people who want to feel important. They more

Half of the harm that is done in this world Is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm But the harm does not interest them.

Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it.

Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it.

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... more

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.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord The greatest proof of Christianity for others is more

Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how far in practice he will stake his life on his belief.

Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622 What is worst of all is to advocate more

Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622 What is worst of all is to advocate Christianity, not because it is true, but because it might prove useful... To justify Christianity because it provides a foundation of morality, instead of showing the necessity of Christian morality from the truth of Christianity, is a very dangerous inversion; and we may reflect that a good deal of the attention of totalitarian states has been devoted with a steadfastness of purpose not always found in democracies, to providing their national life with a foundation of morality -- the wrong kind, perhaps, but a good deal more of it. It is not enthusiasm, but dogma, that differentiates a Christian from a pagan society.

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The more

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.