In my end is my beginning.
T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets.
“We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.”
“The only wisdom we can hope to acquireIs the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.”
“Time present and time pastAre both perhaps present in time futureAnd time future contained in time past.”
“Humankind cannot bear very much reality.”
“For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice.”
“Footfalls echo in the memorydown the passage we did not taketowards the door we never openedinto the rose garden. My words echothus, in your mind”
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”
“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”