O thou that pinest in the imprisonment of the Actual, and criest bitterly to the gods for a kingdom wherein to rule… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
There is often more spiritual force in a proverb than in whole philosophical systems. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The greatest security against sin is to be shocked at its presence. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Nature is the time-vesture of God that reveals Him to the wise, and hides him from the foolish. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“A stammering man is never a worthless one. Physiology can tell you why. It is an excess of delicacy, excess of sensibility… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Conclusive facts are inseparable from inconclusive except by a head that already understands and knows. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
What is all knowledge except recorded experience, and a product of history? — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
... There is always hope in a man who actually and earnestly works. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads, and sows itself anew. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
O thou that pinest in the imprisonment of the Actual, and criest bitterly to the gods for a kingdom wherein to rule and create,… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such: it is an accident, not a property, of… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is affected by the licentious passions and vices… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The glory of a workman, still more of a master workman, that he does his work well, ought to be his most precious possession;… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
All human things do require to have an ideal in them; to have some soul in them. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Insurrection, never so necessary, is a most sad necessity; and governors who wait for that to instruct them are surely getting into the fatalest… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Let Time and Chance combine, combine! Let Time and Chance combine! The fairest love from heaven above, That love of yours was mine, My… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
