T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot OMwas an American-born British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and "one of the twentieth century's major poets". He moved to England in 1914 at age 25, settling, working and marrying there. He was eventually naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39, renouncing his American citizenship...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth26 September 1888
CountryUnited States of America
new-york self boston
It is self-evident that St. Louis affected me more deeply than any other environment has ever done. I feel that there is something in having passed one's childhood beside the big river, which is incommunicable to those people who have not. I consider myself fortunate to have been born here, rather than in Boston, or New York, or London.
morning coffee afternoon
For I have known them all already, known them all— Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
inspirational motivational memories
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
men thinking rats
I think we are in rats’ alley Where the dead men lost their bones.
religion literature littles
We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
inspirational life dancing
Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance
believe men practice
The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how far in practice he will stake his life on his belief.
morning fear dust
And I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you I will show you fear in a handful of dust
life success food
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
kindness reality atheism
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
poetry crafts conscious
The bad poet is usually unconscious where he ought to be conscious, and conscious where he ought to be unconscious.
ends
In my beginning is my end.
successful moments
Every moment is a fresh beginning.
action
One starts an action simply because one must do something.