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

Quote by TS Eliot

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Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

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...

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

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.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

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...

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

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...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

Weather forecast for tonight: dark.

Weather forecast for tonight: dark.