In my beginning is my end.

Quote by T S Eliot

Topics: T S Eliot Quotes

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can...

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

You are the music while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who...

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who...

People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.

People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is...

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is...

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the...

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the...

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...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.