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T. S. Eliot Quotes about Fear

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Do I dare disturb the universe?

Do I dare disturb the universe?

T. S. Eliot
Fear, Clever, Dare
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" l. 45 (1917)

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.

T. S. Eliot
Inspirational, Music, Fear

And I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you I will show you fear in a handful of dust

T. S. Eliot
Morning, Fear, Dust
The Waste Land l. 25 (1922)

A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, And the dry stone no sound of water. Only There is shadow under this red rock, (Come in under the shadow of this red rock), And I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

T. S. Eliot
Morning, Fear, Rocks
The Waste Land l. 25 (1922)

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

T. S. Eliot
Inspirational, Fear, Dust
The Waste Land l. 25 (1922)

Think neither fear nor courage saves us. Unnatural vices are fathered by our heroism. Virtues are forced upon us by our impudent crimes. These tears are shaken from the wrath-bearing tree.

T. S. Eliot
Fear, Thinking, Wrath
1919 'Gerontion'.

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