Thomas Carlyle

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light
and another of darkness; on the confines of two read more

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light
and another of darkness; on the confines of two everlasting
hostile empires, Necessity and Freewill.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of read more

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is the collection of books.

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

Is not every meanest day the confluence of two eternities?

Is not every meanest day the confluence of two eternities?