Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or exalts the solid fact, instead of floating among cloud-pictures.

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Doubt Quotes

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 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...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

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

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

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

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.

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

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...

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...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

A good friend is a connection to life- a tie to the past,a road to...

A good friend is a connection to life- a tie to the past,a road to...

When life changes to be more difficult, change yourself to be stronger.

When life changes to be more difficult, change yourself to be stronger.

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...