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After such knowledge, what forgiveness?

Knowledge, Forgiveness, What, Moral Complexity, Philosophical Inquiry, Existential Dilemma

After such knowledge what forgiveness?

After such knowledge what forgiveness?

After such knowledge what forgiveness?

T.S. Eliot’s Quotes On Topics

More T.S. Eliot Quotes

“The hint half guessed, the gift half understood, is Incarnation.”

Hint, Gift, Incarnation, Spiritual Mystery, Divine Revelation, Philosophical Insight

“A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after – and their subtleties make most of the great European philosophers look like schoolboys.”

Indian, European, Philosophers, Cultural Comparison, Intellectual Depth, Philosophical Insight

“That is not it at all, That is not what I meant, at all.”

Meant, Misunderstanding, Communication, Personal Intention, Linguistic Frustration, Emotional Disconnect

“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”

Poetry, Communicate, Understood, Artistic Essence, Emotional Resonance, Intuitive Comprehension

“The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still feel lonely.”

Television, Laugh, Lonely, Media Critique, Social Paradox, Modern Alienation

“In the mountains, there you feel free.”

Mountains, Free, Feel, Natural Liberation, Environmental Influence, Personal Freedom

“Desire itself is movement Not in itself desirable; Love is itself unmoving, Only the cause and end of movement, Timeless, and undesiring Except in the aspect of time Caught in the form of limitation Between un-being and being. Sudden in a shaft of sunlight Even while the dust moves There rises the hidden laughter Of children in the foliage.”

Desire, Love, Movement, Philosophical Reflection, Temporal Paradox, Life’s Essence

“And through the spaces of the dark Midnight shakes the memory As a madman shakes a dead geranium.”

Dark, Midnight, Memory, Poetic Imagery, Psychological Disturbance, Temporal Disorientation

“Whatever you do, don't whimper, but take the consequences.”

Whimper, Consequences, Action, Personal Responsibility, Stoic Advice, Moral Courage

“As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug's game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing.”

Poetry, Career, Value, Artistic Uncertainty, Creative Struggle, Existential Doubt

“It takes so many years to learn that one is dead.”

Dead, Years, Learn, Existential Realization, Personal Growth, Philosophical Paradox

“Death has a hundred hands and walks by a thousand ways.”

Death, Hands, Ways, Mortality Personification, Existential Inevitability, Poetic Imagery

“If you do not push the boundaries, you will never know where they are.”

Boundaries, Push, Know, Personal Growth, Life Philosophy, Exploratory Mindset

“But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular, A name that's peculiar, and more dignified, Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular, Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride? Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum, Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat, Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum – Names that never belong to more than one cat.”

Cats, Names, Dignity, Feline Individuality, Poetic Whimsy, Linguistic Creativity

“If you find examples of humanism which are anti-religious, or at least in opposition to the religious faith of the place and time, then such humanism is purely destructive, for it has never found anything to replace what it has destroyed.”

Humanism, Anti-religious, Destructive, Philosophical Critique, Cultural Values, Spiritual Void

“And right action is freedom From past and future also.”

Action, Freedom, Time, Moral Choice, Temporal Liberation, Ethical Behavior

“Tradition: how the vitality of the past enriches the life of the present.”

Tradition, Past, Present, Cultural Continuity, Temporal Influence, Historical Vitality

“The moment of the rose and the moment of the yew-tree are of equal duration.”

Rose, Yew-tree, Moment, Temporal Equality, Natural Symbolism, Philosophical Insight

“Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must seek new literary influences; he will have different emotions to express.”

Poet, Alter, Influences, Artistic Evolution, Creative Growth, Emotional Development

“My mind may be American but my heart is British.”

American, British, Mind, Cultural Duality, Personal Identity, Emotional Allegiance