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If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.

T. S. Eliot

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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Beginning Deep End Philosophy Start
The last act is the greatest treason. To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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Act Greatness Reason Right Wrong
We don’t actually fear death, we fear that no one will notice our absence, that we will disappear without a trace.
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Absence Death Fade Fear Ourselves
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
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Bad Enough Possible
I am moved by fancies that are curled, around these images and cling, the notion of some infinitely gentle, infinitely suffering thing.
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Myself Photograph Suffering
It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous. Resign yourself to be the fool you are. We must always take risks. That is our destiny.
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Destiny Fools Harm Ourselves Risk Yourself
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
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Communication Poetry Understand
If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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Knowledge Yourself
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
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Election Fake Live Peace Politics
Distracted from distraction by distraction
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Distraction One Liner Philosophy
Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past.
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Past Present Science Time
I can connect Nothing with nothing
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Connection Myself One Liner
Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
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Dance Exception
Teach us to care and not to care
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Care One Liner Teaching
Love is most nearly itself When here and now cease to matter.
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Deep Love
If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.
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Acceptance Life Strength Yourself

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