A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after - and their subtleties make most of the great European philosophers look like schoolboys.

Quote by TS Eliot

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Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

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.

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

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.

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

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

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

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

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.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

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...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought...

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the...

With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the...