Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; he believes for read more
The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; he believes for himself, not for another.
All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
All history . . . is an inarticulate Bible.
High Air-castles are cunningly built of Words, the Words well
bedded also in good Logic-mortar; wherein, however, no Knowledge read more
High Air-castles are cunningly built of Words, the Words well
bedded also in good Logic-mortar; wherein, however, no Knowledge
will come to lodge.
Our grandly business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly
at a distance, but to do what lies read more
Our grandly business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly
at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic
genius.
Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic
genius.
My whinstone house my castle is,
I have my own four walls.
My whinstone house my castle is,
I have my own four walls.
The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway read more
The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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.
The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.
