My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy.

Quote by TS Eliot

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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.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

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,...

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

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...

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...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

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.

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

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.

Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a...

Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a...

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

The primary goal of the words of a motivation or an inspiration in life is...

The primary goal of the words of a motivation or an inspiration in life is...