I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

Quote by TS Eliot

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Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

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.

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...

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

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...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

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

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

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

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

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

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...

Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.

Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow

The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow

Don't be careless about yourselves--on the other hand not too careful. Live well but do...

Don't be careless about yourselves--on the other hand not too careful. Live well but do...