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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War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored...

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored...

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

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...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

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...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

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

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

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

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

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

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,...

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.