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Famous T. S. Eliot Quotes
“There is, it seems to us, At best, only a limited value In the knowledge derived from experience.”
“The chief danger about Paris is that it is such a strong stimulant.”
“All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance.”
“A thousand policemen directing traffic cannot tell you why you come or where you go.”
“There will be time to murder and create.”
“I am aware of the damp souls of housemaids Sprouting despondently at area gates.”
“He laughed like an irresponsible foetus.”
“His laughter tinkled among the teacups.”
“We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together...”
“The True Church can never fail. For it is based upon a rock.”
“People exercise an unconscious selection in being influenced.”
“And voices singing out of empty cisterns and exhausted wells.”
“All cases are unique and very similar to others.”
“The Church must be forever building, for it is forever decaying within and attacked from without.”
“Simple and faithless as a smile and shake of the hand.”
“The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started.”
“One starts an action simply because one must do something.”
“Words strain, crack, and sometime break, under the burden.”
“It is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good.”
