Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Quote by T S Eliot

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Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

You are the music while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is...

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is...

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the...

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the...

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

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.

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...