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

Quote by T S Eliot

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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...

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.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

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...

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

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,...

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

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;...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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...

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?

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

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...

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

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...

Talk happiness; talk faith; talk health. Say you are well, and all is well with...

Talk happiness; talk faith; talk health. Say you are well, and all is well with...

People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that...

People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that...

I'm lost in the middle of my birthday. I want my friends, their touch, with...

I'm lost in the middle of my birthday. I want my friends, their touch, with...