Not the intense moment Isolated, with no before and after, But a lifetime burning in every moment.
T. S. EliotHe is haunted by a demon, a demon against which he feels powerless, because in its first manifestation it has no face, no name, nothing; and the words, the poem he makes, are a kind of exorcism of this demon.
T. S. EliotDo I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
T. S. EliotTo justify Christian morality because it provides a foundation of morality, instead of showing the necessity of Christian morality from the truth of Christianity, is a very dangerous inversion.
T. S. Eliot