Home is where one starts from.
T.S. Eliot
Home, Starts, One, Personal Origin, Life Journey, Philosophical Insight
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“Poetry is not an assertion of truth, but the making of that truth more fully real to us.” T.S. Eliot
Poetry, Truth, Real, Artistic Purpose, Philosophical Insight, Creative Expression
T.S. Eliot Poetry, Truth, Real, Artistic Purpose, Philosophical Insight, Creative Expression“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.” T.S. Eliot
Poet, Alter, Influences, Artistic Evolution, Creative Growth, Emotional Development
T.S. Eliot Poet, Alter, Influences, Artistic Evolution, Creative Growth, Emotional Development“Where is all the knowledge we lost with information?” T.S. Eliot
Knowledge, Information, Lost, Technological Critique, Intellectual Decline, Philosophical Inquiry
T.S. Eliot Knowledge, Information, Lost, Technological Critique, Intellectual Decline, Philosophical Inquiry“I love reading another reader's list of favorites. Even when I find I do not share their tastes or predilections, I am provoked to compare, contrast, and contradict. It is a most healthy exercise, and one altogether fruitful.” T.S. Eliot
Reading, Favorites, Comparison, Literary Exploration, Intellectual Stimulation, Personal Growth
T.S. Eliot Reading, Favorites, Comparison, Literary Exploration, Intellectual Stimulation, Personal Growth“The nightingales are singing near The Convent of the Sacred Heart, And sang within the bloody wood When Agamemnon cried aloud, And let their liquid siftings fall To stain the stiff dishonored shroud.” T.S. Eliot
Nightingales, Convent, Blood, Poetic Imagery, Historical Allusion, Natural Beauty
T.S. Eliot Nightingales, Convent, Blood, Poetic Imagery, Historical Allusion, Natural Beauty“Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky.” T.S. Eliot
Evening, Sky, Invitation, Poetic Moment, Shared Experience, Temporal Beauty
T.S. Eliot Evening, Sky, Invitation, Poetic Moment, Shared Experience, Temporal Beauty“The circle of our understanding is a very restricted area.” T.S. Eliot
Circle, Understanding, Restricted, Intellectual Limitation, Human Knowledge, Philosophical Insight
T.S. Eliot Circle, Understanding, Restricted, Intellectual Limitation, Human Knowledge, Philosophical Insight“Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.” T.S. Eliot
Respect, Well-read, Literature, Cultural Value, Intellectual Appreciation, Educational Importance
T.S. Eliot Respect, Well-read, Literature, Cultural Value, Intellectual Appreciation, Educational Importance“Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves.” T.S. Eliot
Poetry, Feelings, Evasion, Artistic Insight, Psychological Depth, Self-awareness
T.S. Eliot Poetry, Feelings, Evasion, Artistic Insight, Psychological Depth, Self-awareness“And voices singing out of empty cisterns and exhausted wells.” T.S. Eliot
Voices, Cisterns, Wells, Spiritual Desolation, Poetic Metaphor, Existential Emptiness
T.S. Eliot Voices, Cisterns, Wells, Spiritual Desolation, Poetic Metaphor, Existential Emptiness“My name is only an anagram of toilets.” T.S. Eliot
Identity, Absurdity, Humor, Self-awareness, Insignificance, Recognition
T.S. Eliot Identity, Absurdity, Humor, Self-awareness, Insignificance, Recognition“Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.” T.S. Eliot
Emotion, Expression, Introspection, Detachment, Creativity, Identity
T.S. Eliot Emotion, Expression, Introspection, Detachment, Creativity, Identity“The definition of hell is a place where nothing connects with nothing.” T.S. Eliot
Hell, Nothing, Connects, Existential Definition, Spiritual Void, Philosophical Insight
T.S. Eliot Hell, Nothing, Connects, Existential Definition, Spiritual Void, Philosophical Insight“Hurry up, please, it's time.” T.S. Eliot
Hurry, Time, Please, Temporal Urgency, Social Observation, Poetic Refrain
T.S. Eliot Hurry, Time, Please, Temporal Urgency, Social Observation, Poetic Refrain“All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance.” T.S. Eliot
Wisdom, Humility, Knowledge, Ignorance, Understanding, Exploration
T.S. Eliot Wisdom, Humility, Knowledge, Ignorance, Understanding, Exploration“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“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.” T.S. Eliot
Humanism, Anti-religious, Destructive, Philosophical Critique, Cultural Values, Spiritual Void
T.S. Eliot Humanism, Anti-religious, Destructive, Philosophical Critique, Cultural Values, Spiritual Void“Crosses the brown land, unheard. The nymphs are departed. Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song. The river bears no empty bottles, sandwich papers, Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard boxes, cigarette ends Or other testimony of summer nights. The nymphs are departed. And their friends, the loitering heirs of city directors; 180 Departed, have left no addresses.” T.S. Eliot
River, Nymphs, Departure, Urban Decay, Natural Beauty, Societal Change
T.S. Eliot River, Nymphs, Departure, Urban Decay, Natural Beauty, Societal Change