"The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down."

Eliot, T. S. | Age and Aging | 3 bookmarks

"Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it."

Eliot, T. S. | Past | 4 bookmarks

"Art never improves, but the material of art is never quite the same."

Eliot, T. S. | Arts and Artists | 2 bookmarks

"Humankind cannot bear very much reality."

Eliot, T. S. | Reality | 1 bookmarks

"Time past and time future what might have been and what has been point to one end, which is always present."

Eliot, T. S. | Present | 1 bookmarks

"Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important."

Eliot, T. S. | Pride | 2 bookmarks

"It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them."

Eliot, T. S. | Rebellion | 2 bookmarks

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go."

Eliot, T. S. | Risk | 3 bookmarks

"Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things."

Eliot, T. S. | Success | 4 bookmarks

"In my beginning is my end."

Eliot, T. S. | Beginning | 4 bookmarks