Thomas Carlyle quotes - page 25

No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses. (Thomas Carlyle)
The hell of these days is the fear of not getting along, especially of not making money. View quote
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Action hangs, as it were, dissolved in speech, in thoughts whereof speech is the shadow and precipitates itself there from. The kind of speech in a man betokens the kind of action you will get from him. View quote
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Violence does even justice unjustly. View quote
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The Ideal is in thyself, the impediments too is in thyself. View quote
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The illimitable, silent, never-resting thing called Time, rolling, rushing on, swift, silent, like an all-embracing ocean-tide, on which we and all the universe swim like exhalations. . . View quote
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Every man has a coward and hero in his soul. View quote
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The purpose of man is in action not thought. View quote
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Man is a tool-using animal. View quote
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It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe. View quote
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What an enormous magnifier is tradition How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that lies in the human heart, is there to encourage it. (Thomas Carlyle)
There is a perennial nobleness, and even sacredness, in work. Were he never so benighted, forgetful of his high calling, there is always hope in a man that actually and earnestly works in idleness alone there is perpetual despair. View quote
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Democracy will prevail when men believe the vote of Judas as good as that of Jesus Christ. View quote
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For suffering and enduring there is no remedy, but striving and doing. View quote
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All reform except a moral one will prove unavailing. View quote
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The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once. View quote
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No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work of art that has excellence and depth, is that at first sight it produces a certain disappointment. View quote
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Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books. View quote
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No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors. View quote
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He that can work is born to be king of something. View quote
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I never heard tell of any clever man that came of entirely stupid people. (Thomas Carlyle)
Nature is the time-vesture of God that reveals him to the wise, and hides him from the foolish. View quote
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Rest is for the dead. View quote
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Heroism - the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men. View quote
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Painful for a person is rebellious independence, only in loving companionship with his associates does a person feel safe Only in reverently bowing down before the higher does a person feel exalted. View quote
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