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End Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “This is the beginning and the end of the world right here. Look at those patient Buddhas looking at us saying nothing.”

Jack Kerouac

Existence, Beginning, End, Reflection, Humanity

2. “Every phrase and every sentence is an end and a beginning, every poem an epitaph.”

T.S. Eliot

Phrase, End, Epitaph, Linguistic Cycle, Poetic Mortality, Creative Continuity

3. “And the end and the beginning where always there, before the beginning and after the end.”

T.S. Eliot

End, Beginning, Always, Temporal Paradox, Existential Continuity, Philosophical Reflection

4. “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

Exploration, End, Start, Life Journey, Circular Discovery, Spiritual Growth

5. “In my end is my beginning.”

T.S. Eliot

End, Beginning, Cyclical Nature, Philosophical Paradox, Personal Growth, Poetic Insight

6. “The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.”

T.S. Eliot

War, Civil, End, Historical Perspective, Social Conflict, Ongoing Struggle

7. “To make an end is to make a beginning.”

T.S. Eliot

End, Beginning, Make, Cyclical Nature, Philosophical Insight, Life Transitions

8. “The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started.”

T.S. Eliot

Exploring, End, Arrive, Cyclical Journey, Self-discovery, Life Philosophy

9. “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.”

T.S. Eliot

Beginning, End, Start, Cyclical Nature, Temporal Paradox, Philosophical Perspective

10. “To them Howards End was a house; they could not know that to her it had been a spirit, for which she sought a spiritual heir. And – pushing one step farther in these mists – may they not have decided even better than they supposed? Is it credible that the possessions of the spirit can be bequeathed at all? Has the soul offspring? A wych-elm tree, a vine, a wisp of hay with dew on it – can passion for such things be transmitted where there is no bond of blood?”

E.M. Forster

Howards, End, Spirit, House, Spiritual Inheritance, Emotional Legacy

11. “It is only the dead who do not return.”

Alexandre Dumas

Permanent Death, Irreversible Fate, Mortal End, Death, Fate, End

12. “Live your life to minimize the regrets you might have at the end.”

Gary Keller

Life Choices, Minimize Regrets, Choices, Life, Regrets, End

13. “It takes courage to begin something, but it can take even more to end it.”

Marie Forleo

Brave Beginnings, Courageous Endings, Life Decisions, Courage, Begin, End

14. “It’s terrible to be civilized, because when you come to the end of the world you have nothing to support the terror of loneliness.”

Henry Miller

Civilized Loneliness, World’s End, Supporting Terror, Loneliness, End, Terror

15. “Does the end justify the means? That is possible. But what will justify the end? To that question, which historical thought leaves pending, rebellion replies: the means.”

Albert Camus

Means Justification, End Evaluation, Historical Query, End, Means, Rebellion

16. “To feel absolutely right is the beginning of the end.”

Albert Camus

Certainty Trap, Downfall Initiation, Overconfidence Danger, Certainty, End, Danger

17. “Finally there is nothing here for death to take away.”

Charles Bukowski

Life’s End, Acceptance, Existential Thought, Death, End, Acceptance

18. “End is a gloomy word.”

Robert Frost

End, Gloom, Reflection, Sadness, Finality, Word

19. “For what could any Entity, conscious of eternal existence, want – but an end?”

Isaac Asimov

Existence, Eternity, Philosophy, Consciousness, Life, End

20. “It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.”

George Bernard Shaw

Happiness And Peace, Life Reflections, Emotional Transition, Happiness, Peace, End

21. “Write at the edges of the day.”

Toni Morrison

Writing Inspiration, Creative Process, Day’s End, Inspiration, Process, End

22. “The cruelty of death lies in the fact that it brings the real sorrow of the end, but not the end. The greatest cruelty of death: an apparent end causes a real sorrow. Our salvation is death, but not this one.”

Franz Kafka

Death Struggle, Existential Sorrow, Finality, Death, Suffering, End