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

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: New Year Quotes

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

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...

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.

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.

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...

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

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...

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.

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find...

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained...

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained...

Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you...

Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...