Philosophy Quote by T.S. Eliot — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I think we are in rats’ alley”

“What the dead had no speech for, when living,”

“Unreal City,”

“Till Human voices wake us, and we drown.”

“Time present and time past”

“Honest criticism and sensible appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry.”

“My mind was formed by studying philosophy,”

“Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details.”

“Every flower and insect, every bird, and all the creatures that live upon the land and swim within the rivers and seas, are part of the Tree of Life. You are connected to the whole of life. Whatever happens to the myriad forms of life in the world around you, has a direct affect on you''.”

“I have forgotten my umbrella.”

“For a Westerner, it is usually sufficient for a proposition to be logically sound. For a Chinese it is not sufficient that a proposition be logically correct, but it must be at the same time in accord with human nature.”

“But it so happens that everything on this planet is, ultimately, irrational; there is not, and cannot be, any reason for the causal connexion of things, if only because our use of the word "reason" already implies the idea of causal connexion. But, even if we avoid this fundamental difficulty, Hume said that causal connexion was not merely unprovable, but unthinkable; and, in shallower waters still, one cannot assign a true reason why water should flow down hill, or sugar taste sweet in the mouth. Attempts to explain these simple matters always progress into a learned lucidity, and on further analysis retire to a remote stronghold where every thing is irrational and unthinkable.”