Home » Quote » T.S. Eliot » „The lot of man is ceaseless labor,Or ceaseless idleness, which is still harder,Or irregular labour, which is not pleasant.I have trodden the winepress alone, and I knowThat it is hard to be really useful, resigningThe things that men count for happiness, seekingThe good deeds that lead to obscurity, acceptingWith equal face those that bring ignominy,The applause of all or the love of none.All men are ready to invest their moneyBut most expect dividends.I say to you: Make perfect your will.I say: take no thought of the harvest,But only of proper sowing.“

„The lot of man is ceaseless labor,Or ceaseless idleness, which is still harder,Or irregular labour, which is not pleasant.I have trodden the winepress alone, and I knowThat it is hard to be really useful, resigningThe things that men count for happiness, seekingThe good deeds that lead to obscurity, acceptingWith equal face those that bring ignominy,The applause of all or the love of none.All men are ready to invest their moneyBut most expect dividends.I say to you: Make perfect your will.I say: take no thought of the harvest,But only of proper sowing.“

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„I say to you: Make perfect your will.I say: take no thought of the harvest,But only of proper sowing.“

— T.S. Eliot

„For myself I can only say at the moment that I think we all need rest - I feel done for. So much for me: I feel that this is the lot which I accept and which will not alter.... And the prospect grows darker, I see no happy future at all.“

— Vincent Van Gogh

„I suppose I am still a believer in the now unfashionable "heroic" school, which says that history is shaped by individual men and women and the choices that they make, by deeds glorious and terrible.“

— George Raymond Richard Martin

„I believe in only one thing and that thing is human liberty. If ever a man is to achieve anything like dignity, it can happen only if superior men are given absolute freedom to think what they want to think and say what they want to say. I am against any man and any organization which seeks to limit or deny that freedom... [and] the superior man can be sure of freedom only if it is given to all men.“

— H.L. Mencken

„Money does not represent such a value as men have placed upon it. All my money has been invested into experiments with which I have made new discoveries enabling mankind to have a little easier life.“

— Nikola Tesla

„Nor is it perhaps really love when I say that for me you are the most beloved; In this love you are like a knife, with which I explore myself.“

— Franz Kafka

„There are certain things in our nation and in the world which I am proud to be maladjusted and which I hope all men of good-will will be maladjusted until the good societies realize — I say very honestly that I never intend to become adjusted to — segregation and discrimination. I never intend to become adjusted to religious bigotry.“

— Jr.