To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the genie out of the bottle. It is to start a new train of events that is beyond your control...

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Conviction Quotes

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

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...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

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...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

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...

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

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...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

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.

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.

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...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

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...

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...

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should...