Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Life Quotes, Living Quotes

Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

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,...

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

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,...

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

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.

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

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...

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.

Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.

Now as it gets into the mid to late 60's we found different outtakes or...

Now as it gets into the mid to late 60's we found different outtakes or...