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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Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

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.

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 -...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

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...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

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.

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like...

Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like...

At the end of the day, you can either focus on what's tearing you apart,...

At the end of the day, you can either focus on what's tearing you apart,...

Everybody likes to win. It sure beats the devil out of losing.

Everybody likes to win. It sure beats the devil out of losing.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.