O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.
T.S. Eliot
Intention, Heart, Wickedness, Moral Complexity, Human Nature, Spiritual Struggle
T.S. Eliot’s Quotes On Topics
Existential Fragility | Cyclical Nature | Ontological Insight | Passion | Show | Paradox | Environmental Concern | Know | Read | Melancholy | Social Interaction | Religious Influence | Social Isolation | Finality | Mental Limitation | Temporal Perspective | Societal Influence | Temporal Equality | Pain | Human Submission | More
More T.S. Eliot Quotes
“The nymphs are departed.” T.S. Eliot
Nymphs, Departed, Mythological Reference, Cultural Loss, Poetic Imagery
T.S. Eliot Nymphs, Departed, Mythological Reference, Cultural Loss, Poetic Imagery“Composing on the typewriter, I find that I am sloughing off all my long sentences which I used to dote upon. Short, staccato, like modern French prose. The typewriter makes for lucidity, but I am not sure that it encourages subtlety.” T.S. Eliot
Typewriter, Sentences, Lucidity, Writing Process, Technological Influence, Stylistic Change
T.S. Eliot Typewriter, Sentences, Lucidity, Writing Process, Technological Influence, Stylistic Change“One error, in fact, of eccentricity in poetry is to seek for new human emotions to express; and in this search for novelty in the wrong place it discovers the perverse. The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into poetry, to express feelings which are not in actual emotions at all.” T.S. Eliot
Poetry, Emotions, Perverse, Artistic Process, Creative Authenticity, Emotional Transformation
T.S. Eliot Poetry, Emotions, Perverse, Artistic Process, Creative Authenticity, Emotional Transformation“I shall not want Honor in Heaven For I shall meet Sir Philip Sidney And have talk with Coriolanus And other heroes of that kidney.” T.S. Eliot
Heaven, Honor, Heroes, Afterlife Imagination, Literary Allusion, Poetic Whimsy
T.S. Eliot Heaven, Honor, Heroes, Afterlife Imagination, Literary Allusion, Poetic Whimsy“For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.” T.S. Eliot
Love, Faith, Waiting, Spiritual Patience, Emotional Wisdom, Existential Endurance
T.S. Eliot Love, Faith, Waiting, Spiritual Patience, Emotional Wisdom, Existential Endurance“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“I have saved this afternoon for you.” T.S. Eliot
Afternoon, Saved, Time, Personal Dedication, Relational Priority, Temporal Gift
T.S. Eliot Afternoon, Saved, Time, Personal Dedication, Relational Priority, Temporal Gift“He who was living is now dead We who were living are now dying With a little patience.” T.S. Eliot
Living, Dying, Patience, Mortality Awareness, Existential Reflection, Poetic Observation
T.S. Eliot Living, Dying, Patience, Mortality Awareness, Existential Reflection, Poetic Observation“Humankind can't stand too much reality.” T.S. Eliot
Reality, Humankind, Stand, Psychological Limitation, Existential Truth, Human Nature
T.S. Eliot Reality, Humankind, Stand, Psychological Limitation, Existential Truth, Human Nature“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.” T.S. Eliot
Time, Dare, Stair, Existential Questioning, Personal Insecurity, Aging Reflection
T.S. Eliot Time, Dare, Stair, Existential Questioning, Personal Insecurity, Aging Reflection“To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the genie out of the bottle. It is to start a new train of events that is beyond your control...” T.S. Eliot
Stranger, Unexpected, Control, Social Interaction, Personal Growth, Life Philosophy
T.S. Eliot Stranger, Unexpected, Control, Social Interaction, Personal Growth, Life Philosophy“The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.” T.S. Eliot
Temptation, Treason, Reason, Moral Complexity, Ethical Dilemma, Intentional Purity
T.S. Eliot Temptation, Treason, Reason, Moral Complexity, Ethical Dilemma, Intentional Purity“Men tighten the knot of confusion Into perfect misunderstanding.” T.S. Eliot
Confusion, Misunderstanding, Men, Communicative Failure, Social Complexity, Interpersonal Discord
T.S. Eliot Confusion, Misunderstanding, Men, Communicative Failure, Social Complexity, Interpersonal Discord“Footfalls echo in the memory, down the passage we did not take, towards the door we never opened, into the rose garden.” T.S. Eliot
Memory, Footfalls, Garden, Missed Opportunities, Life’s Choices, Temporal Regret
T.S. Eliot Memory, Footfalls, Garden, Missed Opportunities, Life’s Choices, Temporal Regret“If you do not push the boundaries, you will never know where they are.” T.S. Eliot
Boundaries, Push, Know, Personal Growth, Life Philosophy, Exploratory Mindset
T.S. Eliot Boundaries, Push, Know, Personal Growth, Life Philosophy, Exploratory Mindset“Old men ought to be explorers.” T.S. Eliot
Explorers, Old, Men, Lifelong Curiosity, Aging Perspective, Personal Growth
T.S. Eliot Explorers, Old, Men, Lifelong Curiosity, Aging Perspective, Personal Growth“Stand on the highest pavement of the stair- Lean on a garden urn- Weave, weave the sunlight in your hair.” T.S. Eliot
Stair, Urn, Sunlight, Poetic Imagery, Sensory Experience, Personal Adornment
T.S. Eliot Stair, Urn, Sunlight, Poetic Imagery, Sensory Experience, Personal Adornment“Those who talk of the bible as a monument of English prose are merely admiring it as a monument over the grave of Christianity.” T.S. Eliot
Bible, Christianity, Monument, Religious Critique, Literary Appreciation, Cultural Commentary
T.S. Eliot Bible, Christianity, Monument, Religious Critique, Literary Appreciation, Cultural Commentary“When war is not just it is subsequently justified; so it becomes many things. In reality, an unjust war is merely piracy. It consists of piracy, ego and, more than anything, money. War is our century's prostitution.” T.S. Eliot
War, Justification, Piracy, Moral Corruption, Economic Motivation, Societal Critique
T.S. Eliot War, Justification, Piracy, Moral Corruption, Economic Motivation, Societal Critique