--- title: "15 Thomas Carlyle Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 15 Thomas Carlyle quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Thomas Carlyle sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/jack-canfield-796_angel_music-is-well-said-to-be-the-speech-of-a_2206033.png" --- > [“ Music is well said to be the speech of angels. -Thomas Carlyle ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-canfield/music-is-well-said-to-be-the-speech-of-angels-thomas-carlyle/) [Jack Canfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-canfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/jack-canfield-796_angel_music-is-well-said-to-be-the-speech-of-a_2206033.png) > [“The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity. —THOMAS CARLYLE,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-best-effect-of-any-book-is-that-it-excites-the-reader-to-self-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/anonymous-1_book_the-best-effect-of-any-book-is-that-it-e_2275750.jpg) > [“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. —historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/the-greatest-of-faults-i-should-say-is-to-be-conscious-of-none/) [Carol Tavris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-tavris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/carol-tavris-17519_carlyle_the-greatest-of-faults-i-should-say-is-t_628440.png) > [“Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Thomas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohdi-sanders/our-grand-business-is-not-to-see-what-lies-dimly-at-a-distance-but-to-2/) [Bohdi Sanders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohdi-sanders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b58/bohdi-sanders-19559_business_our-grand-business-is-not-to-see-what-li_2792554.jpg) > [A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. --Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/a-loving-heart-is-the-beginning-of-all-knowledge-thomas-carlyle/) [Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48a/thomas-carlyle-207_carlyle_a-loving-heart-is-the-beginning-of-all-k_1679589.png) > [“A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things. ~ Thomas Carlyle”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherri-lane/a-man-lives-by-believing-something-not-by-debating-and-arguing-about-2/) Sherri Lane [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/sherri-lane-96909_faith_a-man-lives-by-believing-something-not-b_1918318.jpg) > [“(Quoted by Thomas Carlyle) The rude man requires only to see something going on. The man of more refinement must be made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/quoted-by-thomas-carlyle-the-rude-man-requires-only-to-see-something/) [Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8f/thomas-carlyle-207_carlyle_quoted-by-thomas-carlyle-the-rude-man-re_1789811.png) > [I first wrote a biography of Thomas Carlyle, and it turned out I loved writing biographies and had a talent for it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-kaplan/i-first-wrote-a-biography-of-thomas-carlyle-and-it-turned-out-i-loved/) [Fred Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-kaplan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28b/fred-kaplan-18752_contribution_i-first-wrote-a-biography-of-thomas-carl_626081.jpg) > [“Of all the acts of man, repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults . . . is to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/of-all-the-acts-of-man-repentance-is-the-most-divine-the-greatest-of/) [Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/thomas-carlyle-207_regret_of-all-the-acts-of-man-repentance-is-the_2447271.png) > [Every year, I have my graduate students read the great works of history, from classical times to the present. They gamely tackle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-w-brands/every-year-i-have-my-graduate-students-read-the-great-works-of/) [H. W. Brands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-w-brands/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/h-w-brands-5491_books_every-year-i-have-my-graduate-students-r_556615.jpg) > [“A poor puppy with an empty can tied to his tail, Thomas Carlyle wittily observes, ran and ran on, frightened by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/a-poor-puppy-with-an-empty-can-tied-to-his-tail-thomas-carlyle/) [Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17d/kaiten-nukariya-793_animal_a-poor-puppy-with-an-empty-can-tied-to-h_264792.jpg) > [“For all those who keep on asking me when will i get my first royalty cheque: The highest reward for a person's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lovely-goyal/for-all-those-who-keep-on-asking-me-when-will-i-get-my-first-royalty/) [Lovely Goyal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lovely-goyal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/lovely-goyal-10306_books_for-all-those-who-keep-on-asking-me-when_1245596.jpg) > [Some years ago, I read Thomas Carlyle's history of the French Revolution, and I was very taken by the way he told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-w-brands/some-years-ago-i-read-thomas-carlyle-s-history-of-the-french/) [H. W. Brands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-w-brands/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/h-w-brands-5491_french-revolution_some-years-ago-i-read-thomas-carlyle-s-h_1196441.jpg) > [“THE greatest of English dramatists except Shakespeare, the first literary dictator and poet-laureate, a writer of verse, prose, satire, and criticism who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-jonson/the-greatest-of-english-dramatists-except-shakespeare-the-first/) [Ben Jonson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-jonson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd2/ben-jonson-1371_strong-personality_the-greatest-of-english-dramatists-excep_818245.jpg) > [“I fear no hell, just as I expect no heaven. Nabokov summed up a nonbeliever’s view of the cosmos, and our place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-tayler/i-fear-no-hell-just-as-i-expect-no-heaven-nabokov-summed-up-a/) [Jeffrey Tayler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-tayler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/jeffrey-tayler-46650_atheism_i-fear-no-hell-just-as-i-expect-no-heave_205437.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thomas-carlyle/#itemlist", "name": "Thomas Carlyle Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“ Music is well said to be the speech of angels. -Thomas Carlyle ”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Canfield" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-canfield/music-is-well-said-to-be-the-speech-of-angels-thomas-carlyle/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/jack-canfield-796_angel_music-is-well-said-to-be-the-speech-of-a_2206033.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/jack-canfield-796_angel_music-is-well-said-to-be-the-speech-of-a_2206033.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/jack-canfield-796_angel_music-is-well-said-to-be-the-speech-of-a_2206033.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Music is well said to be the speech of angels. -Thomas Carlyle” — Jack Canfield", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity. —THOMAS CARLYLE,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-best-effect-of-any-book-is-that-it-excites-the-reader-to-self-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/anonymous-1_book_the-best-effect-of-any-book-is-that-it-e_2275750.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/anonymous-1_book_the-best-effect-of-any-book-is-that-it-e_2275750.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/236/anonymous-1_book_the-best-effect-of-any-book-is-that-it-e_2275750.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity. —THOMAS CARLYLE,” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. —historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carol Tavris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-tavris/the-greatest-of-faults-i-should-say-is-to-be-conscious-of-none/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/carol-tavris-17519_carlyle_the-greatest-of-faults-i-should-say-is-t_628440.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/carol-tavris-17519_carlyle_the-greatest-of-faults-i-should-say-is-t_628440.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/carol-tavris-17519_carlyle_the-greatest-of-faults-i-should-say-is-t_628440.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. —historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle” — Carol Tavris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. 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Thomas Carlyle The thing is most of the people who are worried about my royalty cheque haven't even read my book. I don't know why its important for them to know about it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lovely Goyal" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lovely-goyal/for-all-those-who-keep-on-asking-me-when-will-i-get-my-first-royalty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/lovely-goyal-10306_books_for-all-those-who-keep-on-asking-me-when_1245596.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/lovely-goyal-10306_books_for-all-those-who-keep-on-asking-me-when_1245596.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/lovely-goyal-10306_books_for-all-those-who-keep-on-asking-me-when_1245596.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For all those who keep on asking me when will i get my first royalty cheque: The highest reward for a…” — Lovely Goyal", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some years ago, I read Thomas Carlyle's history of the French Revolution, and I was very taken by the way he told the story, and it seemed as though I was right in the middle of things. 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Nabokov summed up a nonbeliever’s view of the cosmos, and our place in it, thus: “The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.” The 19th-century Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle put it slightly differently: “One life. A little gleam of Time between two Eternities.” Though I have many memories to cherish, I value the present, my time on earth, those around me now. I miss those who have departed, and recognize, painful as it is, that I will never be reunited with them. There is the here and now – no more. But certainly no less. Being an adult means, as Orwell put it, having the “power of facing unpleasant facts.” True adulthood begins with doing just that, with renouncing comforting fables. There is something liberating in recognizing ourselves as mammals with some fourscore years (if we’re lucky) to make the most of on this earth. There is also something intrinsically courageous about being an atheist. Atheists confront death without mythology or sugarcoating. That takes courage.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeffrey Tayler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-tayler/i-fear-no-hell-just-as-i-expect-no-heaven-nabokov-summed-up-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/jeffrey-tayler-46650_atheism_i-fear-no-hell-just-as-i-expect-no-heave_205437.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/jeffrey-tayler-46650_atheism_i-fear-no-hell-just-as-i-expect-no-heave_205437.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/jeffrey-tayler-46650_atheism_i-fear-no-hell-just-as-i-expect-no-heave_205437.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I fear no hell, just as I expect no heaven. 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