Quotes by Eliot, George

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see noth >>

The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the pur >>

In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrifie >>

Quotations about Sensitivity

What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of te >>

One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense oversens >>

How frail the human heart must be --a mirrored pool of thought... >>

If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence. As it is, the best of us walk about well wadded with stupidity.

Eliot, George