T. S. Eliot

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.

T. S. Eliot

I journeyed to London, to the timekept City, Where the River flows, with foreign flotations. There I was told: we have too many churches, And too few chop-houses.

T. S. Eliot

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

T. S. Eliot

If we all were judged according to the consequences of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention and beyond our limited understanding of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned.

T. S. Eliot

If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

T. S. Eliot

If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

T. S. Eliot

In a mind charged with an eager purpose and an unfinished vindictiveness, there is no room for new feelings.

T. S. Eliot

In my beginning is my end.

T. S. Eliot

In order to arrive at what you are not, you must go through the way in which you are not.

T. S. Eliot

It is not enough to understand what we ought to be, unless we know what we are; and we do not understand what we are, unless we know what we ought to be.

T. S. Eliot