Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing generations of our families, think of our grandchildren and of those yet unborn, whose faces are coming from beneath the ground.

Quote by TS Eliot

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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...

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...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

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...

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.

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

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...

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

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.

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...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

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...

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the...

We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the...

The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and...

The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and...

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners...

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners...