There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.

Quote by TS Eliot

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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.

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...

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...

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.

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

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...

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

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.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

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,...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

Shall Life renew these bodies? Of a truth All death will he annul, all tears...

Shall Life renew these bodies? Of a truth All death will he annul, all tears...