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T. S. Eliot Quotes: The historical sense involves a perception not only of the pastness of the past but of its presence.
         

The historical sense involves a perception not only of the pastness of the past but of its presence.


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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.



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If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.



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I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.



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Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.



April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

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