O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.

Quote by T S Eliot

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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...

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

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

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

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.

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...

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...

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

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...

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...

You are the music while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

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...

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.