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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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.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

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.

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...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

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...

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

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...

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...

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...