All Thomas Carlyle Quotes
- May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books. Blessing
- A good book is the purest essence of a human soul. Book
- Look to be treated by others as you have treated others. Hate
- In books lies the soul fo the whole past time. Book
- Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. Greatest
- If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to… Ask
- Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine.… Allowed
- Fame is no sure test of merit. Fame
- In every object there is inexhaustible meaning. Every Object
- Let me have my own way in exactly everything and a sunnier and pleasanter creature does not exist. Creature
- Every man is my superior in that I may learn from him. Every Man
- Of our thinking it is but the upper surface that we shape into articulate thought; underneath the region of argument and conscious discourse lies the… Argument
- Of all the paths a man could strike into, there is, at any given moment, a best path .. A thing which, here and now,… All
- Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you. Given
- The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only. Disgraceful
- Literature is the thought of thinking souls. Inspirational
- Love is ever the beginning of knowledge as fire is of light. Beginning
- The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief Battle
- War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle; therefore they take boys from one village and another village, stick… Battle
- There needs not a great soul to make a hero; there needs a god-created soul which will be true to its origin; that will be… Created
- Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don't happen at all. All
- The word of Mohammad is a voice direct from nature's own heart - all else is wind in comparison. All
- All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble. All
- In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time; the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it… Altogether
- That great mystery of TIME, were there no other; the illimitable, silent, never-resting thing called Time, rolling, rushing on, swift, silent, like an all-embracing ocean… All