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The circle of our understanding is a very restricted area.

The circle of our understanding is a very restricted area.

T. S. Eliot
Circles, Understanding, Areas
T. S. Eliot (2014). “Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950”, p.300, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after - and their subtleties make most of the great European philosophers look like schoolboys.

T. S. Eliot
Philosophy, Effort, Understanding

If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited understanding Of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned.

T. S. Eliot
Understanding, Our Words, Deeds
T. S. Eliot (2014). “Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950”, p.394, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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