The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are... →
George Eliot
If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we... →
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.
Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.
Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder.
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
T. S. Eliot
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?