--- title: "26 Ends Quotes By T. S. Eliot" description: "26 Ends quotes by T. S. Eliot. Plus more from T. S. Eliot and more Ends sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/t-s-eliot-633_beginning-of-life_the-end-is-where-we-start-from-1583493_1583493.png" --- > [The end is where we start from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-end-is-where-we-start-from/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/t-s-eliot-633_beginning-of-life_the-end-is-where-we-start-from-1583493_1583493.png) > [The single Rose Is now the Garden Where all loves end](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-single-rose-is-now-the-garden-where-all-loves-end/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/418/t-s-eliot-633_ends_the-single-rose-is-now-the-garden-where_2668570.png) > [The end is in the beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-end-is-in-the-beginning/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd3/t-s-eliot-633_beginning_the-end-is-in-the-beginning-116748_116748.png) > [To make an end is to make a beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/to-make-an-end-is-to-make-a-beginning/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae0/t-s-eliot-633_beginning_to-make-an-end-is-to-make-a-beginning-78_787671.png) > [In the end is my beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/in-the-end-is-my-beginning/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a05/t-s-eliot-633_beginning_in-the-end-is-my-beginning-165827_165827.png) > [And the end and the beginning were always there Before the beginning and after the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/and-the-end-and-the-beginning-were-always-there-before-the-beginning-2/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/t-s-eliot-633_beginning_and-the-end-and-the-beginning-were-alway_2483004.png) > [If you start with a bang, you won't end with a whimper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/if-you-start-with-a-bang-you-won-t-end-with-a-whimper/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/528/t-s-eliot-633_bang_if-you-start-with-a-bang-you-won-t-end-w_1662968.png) > [The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-civil-war-is-not-ended-i-question-whether-any-serious-civil-war/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/t-s-eliot-633_civil-war_the-civil-war-is-not-ended-i-question-wh_1635701.png) > [Every end is a beginning...And every beginning is an end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/every-end-is-a-beginning-and-every-beginning-is-an-end/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/t-s-eliot-633_beginning_every-end-is-a-beginning-and-every-begin_147692.png) > [Those who arrive at the end of the journey are not those who began.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/those-who-arrive-at-the-end-of-the-journey-are-not-those-who-began/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/t-s-eliot-633_arrive_those-who-arrive-at-the-end-of-the-journ_3096022.png) > [This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends-not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87f/t-s-eliot-633_apocalypse_this-is-the-way-the-world-ends-not-with_322953.png) > [The young feel tired at the end of an action, the old at the beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-young-feel-tired-at-the-end-of-an-action-the-old-at-the-beginning/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/t-s-eliot-633_action_the-young-feel-tired-at-the-end-of-an-ac_1127632.png) > [The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-end-of-all-our-exploring-will-be-to-arrive-where-we-started/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a77/t-s-eliot-633_adventure_the-end-of-all-our-exploring-will-be-to_2892784.png) > [Those who say they give the public what it wants begin by underestimating public taste and end by debauching it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/those-who-say-they-give-the-public-what-it-wants-begin-by/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/t-s-eliot-633_ends_those-who-say-they-give-the-public-what_663334.png) > [Turning Wearily, as one would turn to nod goodbye to Rochefoucauld, If the street were time and he as the end of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/turning-wearily-as-one-would-turn-to-nod-goodbye-to-rochefoucauld-if/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/t-s-eliot-633_ends_turning-wearily-as-one-would-turn-to-nod_1426697.png) > [All time is eternal, moving inexorably toward an end which we believe is a result of our actions, but over which our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/all-time-is-eternal-moving-inexorably-toward-an-end-which-we-believe/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/t-s-eliot-633_action_all-time-is-eternal-moving-inexorably-to_2414565.png) > [We shall not cease from exploring, And the end of our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/we-shall-not-cease-from-exploring-and-the-end-of-our-exploring-will/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/t-s-eliot-633_bridges_we-shall-not-cease-from-exploring-and-th_1698527.png) > [In our rhythm of earthly life we tire of light. We are glad when the day ends, when the play ends; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/in-our-rhythm-of-earthly-life-we-tire-of-light-we-are-glad-when-the/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/t-s-eliot-633_ecstasy_in-our-rhythm-of-earthly-life-we-tire-of_2549832.png) > [For every life and every act consequence of good and evil can be shown and as in time results of many deeds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/for-every-life-and-every-act-consequence-of-good-and-evil-can-be/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/t-s-eliot-633_consequence_for-every-life-and-every-act-consequence_377822.png) > [But what have I, but what have I, my friend, To give you, what can you receive from me? Only the friendship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/but-what-have-i-but-what-have-i-my-friend-to-give-you-what-can-you/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/t-s-eliot-633_ends_but-what-have-i-but-what-have-i-my-frien_423123.png) > [The river itself has no beginning or end. In its beginning, it is not yet the river; in the end it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-river-itself-has-no-beginning-or-end-in-its-beginning-it-is-not/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f11/t-s-eliot-633_courses_the-river-itself-has-no-beginning-or-end_2645392.jpg) > [The purpose of a Christian education would not be merely to make men and women pious Christians: a system which aimed too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-purpose-of-a-christian-education-would-not-be-merely-to-make-men/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/t-s-eliot-633_able_the-purpose-of-a-christian-education-wou_290522.png) > [In my beginning is my end. In succession Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended, Are removed, destroyed, restored, or in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/in-my-beginning-is-my-end-in-succession-houses-rise-and-fall-crumble/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/t-s-eliot-633_ashes_in-my-beginning-is-my-end-in-succession_453829.jpg) > [Desire itself is movement Not in itself desirable; Love is itself unmoving, Only the cause and end of movement, Timeless, and undesiring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/desire-itself-is-movement-not-in-itself-desirable-love-is-itself/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f4/t-s-eliot-633_aspect_desire-itself-is-movement-not-in-itself_81982.png) > [Lady of silences Calm and distressed Torn and most whole Rose of memory Rose of forgetfulness Exhausted and life-giving Worried reposeful The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/lady-of-silences-calm-and-distressed-torn-and-most-whole-rose-of-2/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/t-s-eliot-633_calm_lady-of-silences-calm-and-distressed-tor_932087.jpg) > [We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/we-shall-not-cease-from-exploration-and-the-end-of-all-our-exploring-2/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/t-s-eliot-633_apple-trees_we-shall-not-cease-from-exploration-and_1734689.png) ## Other authors on Ends ## More by T. S. Eliot > [The Nobel is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-nobel-is-a-ticket-to-one-s-own-funeral-no-one-has-ever-done/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [Dear Mother, I am getting on nicely in my work at the bank, and like it ... I want to find out something about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/dear-mother-i-am-getting-on-nicely-in-my-work-at-the-bank-and-like-it/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the hope are all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/for-love-would-be-love-of-the-wrong-thing-there-is-yet-faith-but-the/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [We must always take risks. That is our destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/we-must-always-take-risks-that-is-our-destiny/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths; they become facts, or at best, part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/all-significant-truths-are-private-truths-as-they-become-public-they/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [When forced to work within a strict framework, the imagination is taxed to its utmost and will produce its richest ideas. Given total freedom,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/when-forced-to-work-within-a-strict-framework-the-imagination-is/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/honest-criticism-and-sensitive-appreciation-are-directed-not-upon-the/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [Desire itself is movement Not in itself desirable; Love is itself unmoving, Only the cause and end of movement, Timeless, and undesiring Except in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/desire-itself-is-movement-not-in-itself-desirable-love-is-itself/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [ the ordinary man's experience is chaotic, irregular, fragmentary. \[He\] falls in love or reads Spinoza, and these two experiences have nothing to do with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-ordinary-man-s-experience-is-chaotic-irregular-fragmentary-he/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [We had the experience, but we missed the meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/we-had-the-experience-but-we-missed-the-meaning/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [The end is in the beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-end-is-in-the-beginning/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [You have learned enough to see that cats are much like you and me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/you-have-learned-enough-to-see-that-cats-are-much-like-you-and-me/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different than that from which it is torn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/the-good-poet-welds-his-theft-into-a-whole-of-feeling-which-is-unique/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/it-s-strange-that-words-are-so-inadequate-yet-like-the-asthmatic/) [T. S. Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-s-eliot/) > [Every end is a beginning...And every beginning is an end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-s-eliot/every-end-is-a-beginning-and-every-beginning-is-an-end/) [T. S. 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