After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions Guides us by vanities.
T.S. Eliot
Knowledge, Forgiveness, History, Moral Complexity, Human Ambition, Temporal Deception
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“For he will do As he do do And there's no doing anything about it!” T.S. Eliot
Do, Will, Anything, Fatalistic Humor, Human Nature, Poetic Whimsy
T.S. Eliot Do, Will, Anything, Fatalistic Humor, Human Nature, Poetic Whimsy“Words strain, crack, and sometime break, under the burden.” T.S. Eliot
Language, Tension, Creativity, Fragility, Expression, Stress
T.S. Eliot Language, Tension, Creativity, Fragility, Expression, Stress“For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice.” T.S. Eliot
Words, Language, Voice, Temporal Change, Linguistic Evolution, Poetic Renewal
T.S. Eliot Words, Language, Voice, Temporal Change, Linguistic Evolution, Poetic Renewal“Because these wings are no longer wings to fly But merely vans to beat the air The air which is now thoroughly small and dry Smaller and dryer than the will Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still.” T.S. Eliot
Wings, Air, Still, Poetic Metaphor, Spiritual Aspiration, Existential Paradox
T.S. Eliot Wings, Air, Still, Poetic Metaphor, Spiritual Aspiration, Existential Paradox“At the violet hour, when the eyes and back Turn upward from the desk, when the human engine waits Like a taxi throbbing waiting I Tiresias, though blind, throbbing between two lives.” T.S. Eliot
Violet, Tiresias, Throbbing, Poetic Imagery, Mythological Allusion, Temporal Liminality
T.S. Eliot Violet, Tiresias, Throbbing, Poetic Imagery, Mythological Allusion, Temporal Liminality“Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties are difficulties of every moment.” T.S. Eliot
Difficulties, Moment, Permanent, Temporal Perspective, Life Challenges, Philosophical Insight
T.S. Eliot Difficulties, Moment, Permanent, Temporal Perspective, Life Challenges, Philosophical Insight“I believe the moment of birth Is when we have knowledge of death I believe the season of birth Is the season of sacrifice.” T.S. Eliot
Life Cycle, Sacrifice, Mortality, Reflection, Renewal, Change
T.S. Eliot Life Cycle, Sacrifice, Mortality, Reflection, Renewal, Change“I am no prophet-and here's no great matter.” T.S. Eliot
Prophet, Matter, No, Self-deprecation, Personal Limitation, Poetic Understatement
T.S. Eliot Prophet, Matter, No, Self-deprecation, Personal Limitation, Poetic Understatement“Simple and faithless as a smile and shake of the hand.” T.S. Eliot
Simple, Faithless, Smile, Social Observation, Human Interaction, Emotional Deception
T.S. Eliot Simple, Faithless, Smile, Social Observation, Human Interaction, Emotional Deception“It is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good.” T.S. Eliot
System, Perfect, Good, Social Design, Moral Necessity, Human Imperfection
T.S. Eliot System, Perfect, Good, Social Design, Moral Necessity, Human Imperfection“The bad poet is usually unconscious where he ought to be conscious, and conscious where he ought to be unconscious.” T.S. Eliot
Poet, Conscious, Unconscious, Artistic Awareness, Creative Process, Poetic Insight
T.S. Eliot Poet, Conscious, Unconscious, Artistic Awareness, Creative Process, Poetic Insight“Our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves, and of our visible, sensible world.” T.S. Eliot
Lives, Evasion, Visible, Self-awareness, Existential Struggle, Perceptual Avoidance
T.S. Eliot Lives, Evasion, Visible, Self-awareness, Existential Struggle, Perceptual Avoidance“It is the just man who Like a bold lion, should be without fear.” T.S. Eliot
Just, Lion, Fear, Moral Courage, Personal Integrity, Ethical Strength
T.S. Eliot Just, Lion, Fear, Moral Courage, Personal Integrity, Ethical Strength“When comparing works of art, it is important that the art itself, and not the artists, be considered.” T.S. Eliot
Art, Artists, Comparing, Aesthetic Philosophy, Critical Approach, Creative Evaluation
T.S. Eliot Art, Artists, Comparing, Aesthetic Philosophy, Critical Approach, Creative Evaluation“In our rhythm of earthly life we tire of light. We are glad when the day ends, when the play ends; and ecstasy is too much pain.” T.S. Eliot
Light, Ecstasy, Pain, Human Nature, Emotional Fatigue, Existential Observation
T.S. Eliot Light, Ecstasy, Pain, Human Nature, Emotional Fatigue, Existential Observation“It's harder to confess the sin that no one believes in Than the crime that everyone can appreciate. For the crime is in relation to the law And the sin is in relation to the sinner.” T.S. Eliot
Sin, Crime, Confession, Moral Complexity, Social Perception, Personal Guilt
T.S. Eliot Sin, Crime, Confession, Moral Complexity, Social Perception, Personal Guilt“It is in fact a part of the function of education to help us escape, not from our own time – for we are bound by that – but from the intellectual and emotional limitations of our time.” T.S. Eliot
Education, Escape, Limitations, Intellectual Growth, Temporal Perspective, Personal Development
T.S. Eliot Education, Escape, Limitations, Intellectual Growth, Temporal Perspective, Personal Development“Men dislike being awakened from their death in life.” T.S. Eliot
Men, Awakened, Death, Existential Critique, Spiritual Stagnation, Personal Growth
T.S. Eliot Men, Awakened, Death, Existential Critique, Spiritual Stagnation, Personal Growth