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c34cf67	We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.	poetry wisdom self-discovery	T. S. Eliot
e8e0dea	Humankind cannot bear very much reality.	reality	T. S. Eliot
18fdafb	We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us... and we drown.		T. S. Eliot
8922053	Do I dare Disturb the universe?	courage fear dreams make-a-difference	T. S. Eliot
b568af0	You gave me hyacinths first a year ago; They called me the hyacinth girl.' --Yet when we came back, late, from the Hyacinth garden, Your arms full, and your hair wet, I could not Speak, and my eyes failed, I was neither Living nor dead, and I knew nothing, Looking into the heart of light, the silence. Od' und leer das Meer.		T. S. Eliot
6baf0dc	Not the intense moment	time man life moment	T. S. Eliot
571ef55	If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited understanding Of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned.	intention judgement	T. S. Eliot
ead797f	No I am not Prince Hamlet nor was meant to be Am an attendant lord one that will do To swell a progress start a scene or two Advise the prince no doubt an easy tool Deferential glad to be of use Politic cautious and meticulous Full of high sentence but a bit obtuse At times indeed almost ridiculous-- Almost at times the Fool. I grow old ... I grow old ... I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my h..	loneliness trousers mermaid regret	T. S. Eliot
9ca6b0c	Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable. What might have been is an abstraction Remaining a perpetual possibility Only in a world of speculation. What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present. Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did not take Towards the door we ne..		T. S. Eliot Four Quartets
f00f340	After the torchlight red on sweaty faces After the frosty silence in the gardens After the agony in stony places The shouting and the crying Prison and palace and reverberation Of thunder of spring over distant mountains He who was living is now dead We who were living are now dying With a little patience Here is no water but only rock Rock and no water and the sandy road The road winding above among the mountains Which are mountains of ro..		T. S. Eliot
4f054a0	Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did not take Towards the door we never opened Into the rose-garden. Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past. (I) What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present. Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did not take Towards the door we never opened Into the rose-garden. My wo..		T. S. Eliot
a65eb90	Trying to use words, and every attempt Is a wholly new start, and a different kind of failure Because one has only learnt to get the better of words For the thing one no longer has to say, or the way in which One is no longer disposed to say it. And so each venture Is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate		T. S. Eliot
1a3b66c	And what you thought you came for is only a shell, a husk of meaning from which the purpose breaks only when it is fulfilled if at all. Either you had no purpose or the purpose is beyond the end you figured And is altered in fulfillment.		T. S. Eliot
77f79d4	To country people Cows are mild, And flee from any stick they throw;	confidence country cows timidity	T. S. Eliot
fafdd8d	A dangerous person to disagree with.		T. S. Eliot
660c091	It is certain that a book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it.		T. S. Eliot
20f45a0	In the room the women come and go Talking of Michelangelo.		T. S. Eliot
3b8eed5	Here I am, an old man in a dry month, Being read to by a boy, waiting for rain.		T. S. Eliot
c7e4359	Webster was much possessed by death And saw the skull beneath the skin		T. S. Eliot
696c1be	O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag-- So intelligent		T. S. Eliot
02d34ca	A penny for the Old Guy		T. S. Eliot
ed82d3d	Prophesy to the wind, to the wind only for only The wind will listen.		T. S. Eliot
3d11a9b	Let me show you the work of the humble. Listen.		T. S. Eliot
5954a56	In the vacant places We will build with new bricks		T. S. Eliot
9932f30	Much to cast down, much to build, much to restore.		T. S. Eliot
9188bdd	Our age is an age of moderate virtue And moderate vice		T. S. Eliot
7471a31	The soul of Man must quicken to creation.		T. S. Eliot
ab473ef	The work of creation is never without travail		T. S. Eliot
e921e06	Light The visible reminder of Invisible Light.		T. S. Eliot
d3c6b81	O Light Invisible, we praise Thee! Too bright for mortal vision.		T. S. Eliot
8128a9c	We see the light but see not whence it comes. O Light Invisible, we glorify Thee!		T. S. Eliot
654f8be	When the day's hustle and bustle is done, Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun.		T. S. Eliot
d0ba05b	It is not enthusiasm, but dogma, that differentiates a Christian from a pagan society.		T. S. Eliot
ff97598	A] wrong attitude towards nature implies, somewhere, a wrong attitude towards God.		T. S. Eliot

c34cf67

We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.

poetry wisdom self-discovery

T. S. Eliot

e8e0dea

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

reality

T. S. Eliot

18fdafb

We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us... and we drown.

T. S. Eliot

8922053

Do I dare Disturb the universe?

courage fear dreams make-a-difference

T. S. Eliot

b568af0

You gave me hyacinths first a year ago; They called me the hyacinth girl.' --Yet when we came back, late, from the Hyacinth garden, Your arms full, and your hair wet, I could not Speak, and my eyes failed, I was neither Living nor dead, and I knew nothing, Looking into the heart of light, the silence. Od' und leer das Meer.

T. S. Eliot

6baf0dc

Not the intense moment

time man life moment

T. S. Eliot

571ef55

If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited understanding Of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned.

intention judgement

T. S. Eliot

ead797f

No I am not Prince Hamlet nor was meant to be Am an attendant lord one that will do To swell a progress start a scene or two Advise the prince no doubt an easy tool Deferential glad to be of use Politic cautious and meticulous Full of high sentence but a bit obtuse At times indeed almost ridiculous-- Almost at times the Fool. I grow old ... I grow old ... I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Shall I part my h..

loneliness trousers mermaid regret

T. S. Eliot

9ca6b0c

Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable. What might have been is an abstraction Remaining a perpetual possibility Only in a world of speculation. What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present. Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did not take Towards the door we ne..

T. S. Eliot Four Quartets

f00f340

After the torchlight red on sweaty faces After the frosty silence in the gardens After the agony in stony places The shouting and the crying Prison and palace and reverberation Of thunder of spring over distant mountains He who was living is now dead We who were living are now dying With a little patience Here is no water but only rock Rock and no water and the sandy road The road winding above among the mountains Which are mountains of ro..

T. S. Eliot

4f054a0

Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did not take Towards the door we never opened Into the rose-garden. Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past. (I) What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present. Footfalls echo in the memory Down the passage which we did not take Towards the door we never opened Into the rose-garden. My wo..

T. S. Eliot

a65eb90

Trying to use words, and every attempt Is a wholly new start, and a different kind of failure Because one has only learnt to get the better of words For the thing one no longer has to say, or the way in which One is no longer disposed to say it. And so each venture Is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate

T. S. Eliot

1a3b66c

And what you thought you came for is only a shell, a husk of meaning from which the purpose breaks only when it is fulfilled if at all. Either you had no purpose or the purpose is beyond the end you figured And is altered in fulfillment.