The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason. T. S. Eliot deedgreatreason Change image and share on social
The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible. T. S. Eliot importantpoetthing Change image and share on social
Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know. T. S. Eliot datadegreefinger Change image and share on social
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. T. S. Eliot bookdistractdodge Change image and share on social
The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality. T. S. Eliot artistcontinualextinction Change image and share on social
Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative; in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself. T. S. Eliot absoluteescapeexperience Change image and share on social
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them. T. S. Eliot duefeelhalf Change image and share on social
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. T. S. Eliot findpossiblyrisk Change image and share on social
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 emotionescapeexpression share on social
Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties are difficulties of every moment. T. S. Eliot dealdifficultymoment Change image and share on social
