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It is not my conscience, Not my mind, that is diseased, but the world I have to live in.

Conscience, Diseased, World, Social Critique, Personal Innocence, Existential Struggle

It is not my conscience Not my mind that is

It is not my conscience Not my mind that is

It is not my conscience Not my mind that is

T.S. Eliot’s Quotes On Topics

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“And the lost heart stiffens and rejoices in the lost lilac and the lost sea voices and the weak spirit quickens to rebel for the bent golden-rod and the lost sea smell quickens to recover.”

Loss, Nostalgia, Resilience, Recovery, Nature, Strength

“Someone said, 'The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.' Precisely, and they are that which we know.”

Writers, Dead, Know, Literary Legacy, Cultural Knowledge, Historical Perspective

“When we talk about Poetry, with a capital P, we are apt to think only of the more intense emotions or the more magical phrase: nevertheless there are a great many casements in poetry which are not magic, and which do not open on the foam of perilous seas, but are perfectly good windows for all that.”

Poetry, Emotions, Windows, Poetic Variety, Artistic Perception, Literary Appreciation

“Ambition fortifies the will of man to become ruler over other men: it operates with deception, cajolery, and violence, it is the action of impurity upon impurity.”

Ambition, Deception, Violence, Power Dynamics, Moral Corruption, Human Nature

“The dripping blood our only drink, The bloody flesh our only food: In spite of which we like to think That we are sound, substantial flesh and blood Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.”

Blood, Flesh, Friday, Religious Paradox, Human Nature, Spiritual Reflection

“The usual dog about the town is much inclined to play the clown.”

Dog, Town, Clown, Animal Behavior, Urban Observation, Humorous Insight

“The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.”

Creation, Reflection, Emotion, Transformation, Art, Expression

“Philosophy: a purple bullfinch in a lilac tree.”

Philosophy, Bullfinch, Lilac, Metaphorical Definition, Natural Beauty, Intellectual Pursuit

“Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow.”

Winter, Warm, Snow, Seasonal Paradox, Natural Cycles, Emotional Comfort

“No generation is interested in art in quite the same way as any other; each generation, like each individual, brings to the contemplation of art its own categories of appreciation, makes its own demands upon art, and has its own uses for art.”

Art, Generation, Appreciation, Cultural Evolution, Artistic Perception, Societal Change

“Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.”

Wait, Thought, Ready, Spiritual Patience, Mental Preparation, Existential Wisdom

“And indeed there will be time To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?" Time to turn back and descend the stair, With a bald spot in the middle of my hair.”

Time, Dare, Stair, Existential Questioning, Personal Insecurity, Aging Reflection

“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.”

Education, Escape, Limitations, Intellectual Growth, Temporal Perspective, Personal Development

“I must tell you that I should really like to think there's something wrong with me- Because, if there isn't, then there's something wrong with the world itself-and that's much more frightening! That would be terrible. So I'd rather believe there is something wrong with me, that could be put right.”

Wrong, World, Frightening, Personal Insecurity, Existential Anxiety, Psychological Coping

“The emotion of art is impersonal. And the poet cannot reach this impersonality without surrendering himself wholly to the work to be done. And he is not likely to know what is to be done unless he lives in what is not merely the present, but the present moment of the past, unless he is conscious, not of what is dead, but of what is already living.”

Art, Emotion, Impersonality, Creativity, History, Expression

“For you know only a heap of broken images.”

Disillusionment, Fragmentation, Confusion, Symbolism, Decay, Introspection

“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

“The World is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time: so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew and rebuild civilization, and save the World from suicide.”

Civilization, Christianity, Faith, Cultural Decline, Spiritual Preservation, Societal Renewal

“I do not believe that any writer has ever exposed this bovarysme, the human will to see things as they are not, more clearly than Shakespeare.”

Shakespeare, Bovarysme, Writer, Literary Critique, Human Nature, Psychological Insight

“Cats must have three names-an everyday name, such as Peter; a more particular, dignified name, such as Quaxo, Bombalurina, or Jellylorum; and, thirdly, the name the cat thinks up for himself, his deep and inscrutable singular Name.”

Identity, Self-Expression, Naming, Uniqueness, Individuality, Mystery