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

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

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

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

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

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...

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...

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

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...

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...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

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

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

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.

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one...

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one...

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where...

The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where...