T. S. Eliot Quotes

"The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason."
-T. S. Eliot in Temptation quotes.

"I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought is brought within the grasp of feeling, or that in which what is ordinarily only felt is transformed into thought without ceasing to be feeling."
-T. S. Eliot in Poetry quotes.

"Humor is also a way of saying something serious."
-T. S. Eliot in Humor quotes.

"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
-T. S. Eliot in Knowledge quotes.

"Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow."
-T. S. Eliot in Reality quotes.

"Human kind cannot bear much reality."
-T. S. Eliot

"This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper."
-T. S. Eliot

"We shall not cease from our exploration, and at the end of all our exploring, we shall arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
-T. S. Eliot

"Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood."
-T. S. Eliot in Poetry quotes.

"It is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good."
-T. S. Eliot in Design quotes.

"Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence Between the essence And the descent Falls the Shadow."
-T. S. Eliot in Desire quotes.

"Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things."
-T. S. Eliot in Personality quotes.

"It is impossible to say just what I mean!"
-T. S. Eliot

"An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry."
-T. S. Eliot in Peace quotes.

"Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them."
-T. S. Eliot in People quotes.

"In a minute there is time for decision and revisions that a minute will reverse."
-T. S. Eliot in Time quotes.

"Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel."
-T. S. Eliot