All Thomas Carlyle Quotes
- A force as of madness in the hands of reason has done all that was ever done in the world. All
- He that has a secret to hide should not only hide it but hide that he has to hide it. Hide
- Parties on the back of Parties, at war with the world and with each other. Each
- Armed Soldier, terrible as Death, relentless as Doom; doing God's judgement on the Enemies of God. It is a phenomenon not of joyful nature; no,… Armed
- Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable. Clothes
- The greatest mistake is to imagine that we never err. Err
- Let one who wants to move and convince others, first be convinced and moved themselves. If a person speaks with genuine earnestness the thoughts, the… Actual
- Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom. Alone
- Wonderful Force of Public Opinion! We must act and walk in all points as it prescribes; follow the traffic it bids us, realize the sum… Act
- Freedom is the one purport, wisely aimed at, or unwisely, of all man's struggles, toilings and sufferings, in this earth. Aimed
- We call that fire of the black thunder-cloud "electricity," and lecture learnedly about it, and grind the like of it out of glass and silk:… Black
- Why did not somebody teach me the constellations, and make me at home in the starry heavens, which are always overhead, and which I don't… Constellations
- A vein of poetry exists in the hearts of all men. All
- Let a man try faithfully, manfully to be right, he will daily grow more and more right. It is at the bottom of the condition… All
- The person who cannot wonder is but a pair of spectacles behind which there is no eye. Behind
- Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of… Best
- He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time. Eternity
- Properly speaking, all true work is religion. All
- All true work is sacred. In all true work, were it but true hand work, there is something of divineness. Labor, wide as the earth,… All
- No good book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at first. Any
- Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state. Been
- Every noble crown is, and on Earth will forever be, a crown of thorns. Crown
- The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how; the Rhetorician can prove that he ought to have persuaded and carried all… All
- Out of the lowest depths there is a path to the loftiest heights. Depth
- The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor. Coldest