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

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

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

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

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,...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

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...

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 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...

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

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.

Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there...

Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there...

Holding her hand in public, is just another way of saying you're proud to have...

Holding her hand in public, is just another way of saying you're proud to have...

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive...

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive...