Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.
Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.
Youth is to all the glad reason of life; but often only by what
it hopes, not by what read more
Youth is to all the glad reason of life; but often only by what
it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes.
If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?
If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?
Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling read more
Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.
To-day is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our Works
and Thoughts, if they are always to be read more
To-day is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our Works
and Thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue
always the same? Change, indeed, is painful; yet ever needful;
and if Memory have its force and worth, so also has Hope.
Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.
Happy the People whose Annals are blank in History-Books.
The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
Every noble work is at first impossible.
Every noble work is at first impossible.
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university read more
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist,
universally among Mankind.
Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist,
universally among Mankind.
