T. S. Eliot

There is no such thing as a lost cause, because there is no such thing as a gained cause.

T. S. Eliot

Time the destroyer is time the preserver.

T. S. Eliot

To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.

T. S. Eliot

We don’t actually fear death, we fear that no one will notice our absence, that we will disappear without a trace.

T. S. Eliot

We fight to keep something alive rather than in the expectation that anything will triumph.

T. S. Eliot

We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.

T. S. Eliot

We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

T. S. Eliot

We should not confuse information with knowledge.

T. S. Eliot

Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

T. S. Eliot

A book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it.

T. S. Eliot