813 Quotes by T. S. Eliot

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves.

Bad poets imitate, good poets steal.

Sister, mother And spirit of the river, spirit of the sea, Suffer me not to be separated And let my cry come unto Thee.

The immature poet imitates, the mature poet plagiarizes,

The soul is so far from being a monad that we have not only to interpret other souls to ourself but to interpret ourself to ourself.

That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention.

What is true, is true only for one time and only for one place.

Because these wings are no longer wings to fly But merely vans to beat the air The air which is now thoroughly small and dry Smaller and dryer than the will Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.