All Thomas Carlyle Quotes
- Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. Deep
- Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist. Demand
- The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart. Color
- The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious. Comparison
- The true university of these days is a collection of books. Book
- There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write. Discovery
- To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes. Blade
- Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects. Eye
- Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is. Claims
- Worship is transcendent wonder. Inspirational
- Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer. Become Clearer
- Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding. Company
- Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. Isolation
- Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species. Confined
- Let each become all that he was created capable of being. Achievement
- Love is not altogether a delirium, yet it has many points in common therewith. Altogether
- Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope. Based
- Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid. Action
- Necessity dispenseth with decorum. Decorum
- No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve. Any
- No violent extreme endures. Endure
- Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom. Charity
- The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. Courage
- The eye sees what it brings the power to see. Brings
- The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done. Asking