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If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

T. S. Eliot

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

Acceptance Life Strength Yourself
Distracted from distraction by distraction
T. S. ELIOT

Distraction One Liner Philosophy
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.
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Myself Night Reading
Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity
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Creation Mental
Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.
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Evil Goodness Intention People World
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.
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Fantasy Myself Sing Thinking
We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.
T. S. ELIOT

Exploration Place Time Travel
I have measured out my life in coffee spoons.
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Life Myself
We don’t actually fear death, we fear that no one will notice our absence, that we will disappear without a trace.
T. S. ELIOT

Absence Death Fade Fear Ourselves
It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
T. S. ELIOT

Rule See Wisdom
Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
T. S. ELIOT

Dance Exception
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.
T. S. ELIOT

End Ourselves Place Start Time Travel
We had the experience but missed the meaning. And approach to the meaning restores the experience in a different form.
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Deep Different Experience Missing
Books. Cats. Life is good.
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Book Goodness Life
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
T. S. ELIOT

Deep Knowledge Lost Wisdom
The last act is the greatest treason. To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
T. S. ELIOT

Act Greatness Reason Right Wrong

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