T. S. Eliot Quotes, Confusion Quotes, Groups Quotes

A good deal of confusion could be avoided, if we refrained from setting before the group, what can be the aim only of the individual; and before society as a whole, what can be the aim only of the group.

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Any religion is forever in danger of petrifaction into mere ritual and habit, though ritual and habit be essential to religion.

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Old men ought to be explorers.

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The lot of man is ceaseless labor, Or ceaseless idleness, which is still harder.

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...the still point in a turning world.

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Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from changing too rapidly.

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When the whole world is running headlong towards the precipice, one who walks in the opposite direction is looked at as being crazy.

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Thus with most careful devotion Thus with precise attention To detail, interfering preparation Of that which is already prepared Men lighten the knot of confusion Into perfect misunderstanding, Reflecting a pocket-torch of observation.

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A wrong attitude towards nature implies, somewhere, a wrong attitude towards God, and that the consequence is an inevitable doom. For a long enough time we have believed in nothing but the values arising in a mechanized, commercialized, urbanized way of life: it would be as well for us to face the permanent conditions upon which God allows us to live upon this planet.

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Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.

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Words strain, Crack and sometimes break, under the burden, Under the tension, slip, slide, perish, Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, Will not stay still.

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The only wisdom we can hope to acquire Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless. The houses are all gone under the sea. The dancers are all gone under the hill.

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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.

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At the still point, there the dance is.

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There is no method but to be very intelligent.

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All art emulates the condition of ritual. That is what it comes from and to that it must always return for nourishment.

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I suspect that in our loathing of totalitarianism, there is infused a good deal of admiration for its efficiency.

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Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity, there never was a cat of such deceitfulness and sauvity.

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When the Stranger says: "What is the meaning of this city? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?" What will you answer? "We all dwell together To make money from each other"? or "This is a community"? Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger. Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions.

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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.

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