Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties are difficulties of every moment.

Quote by TS Eliot

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When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

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...

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Staring at a hot guy and thinking...We are going to make beautiful babies.

Staring at a hot guy and thinking...We are going to make beautiful babies.

We fear rejection, want attention, crave affection and dream of perfection.

We fear rejection, want attention, crave affection and dream of perfection.

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is...

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is...

My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course...

My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course...