813 Quotes by T. S. Eliot

You are not here to verify,instruct yourself, or inform curiosityor carry report. You are here to kneelwhere prayer has been valid. And prayer is more than an order of words, the conscious occupation of the praying mind, or the sound of the voice praying.

Quick now, here, now, always-- A condition of complete simplicity(Costing not less than everything)

Samo oni koji rizikuju da odu predaleko mogu da otkriju dokle čovek zaista može da stigne.

Because I know that time is always timeAnd place is always and only placeAnd what is actual is only for one timeAnd only for one placeI rejoice that things are as they are andI renounce the blessed faceAnd renounce the voiceBecause I cannot hope to turn againConsequently I rejoice, having to construct somethingUpon which to rejoice

And voices areIn the wind's singingMore distant and more solemnThan a fading star.

When we talk about Poetry, with a capital P, we are apt to think only of the more intense emotions or the more magical phrase: nevertheless there are a great many casements in poetry which are not magic, and which do not open on the foam of perilous seas, but are perfectly good windows for all that.

The destination cannot be described; / You will know very little until you get there; / You will journey blind.

Quick now, here, now, always- A condition of complete simplicity (Costing not less than everything) And all shall be well and All manner of thing shall be well When the tongues of flame are in-folded Into the crowned knot of fire And the fire and the rose are one.

You can evade life, but you can not evade Death.