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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Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

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 are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

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...

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

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.

When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from...

When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from...

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you...

A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...