All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the public character; or at worst, catchwords.

Quote by T S Eliot

Topics: T S Eliot Quotes

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

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?

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who...

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who...

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...

People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.

People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.

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,...

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

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

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...

In my beginning is my end.

In my beginning is my end.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...