Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative; in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself.

Quote by T S Eliot

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It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

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.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

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...

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

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

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...

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

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

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

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...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

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?

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

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,...

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...

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.