We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- T S Eliot, (Sep 26 1888-1965), US-English poet, critic, playwright; He dwelled on the theme of emptiness of modern life, e.g., The Cocktail Party, 1950.