Quotes Thomas Carlyle

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distanc...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obs...

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform t...

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the dev...

Science must have originated in the feeling that something w...

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even be...

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man ...

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man ...

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the ...

Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time....

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time....

Silence is more eloquent than words....

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themsel...

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dea...

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppr...

Teach a parrot the terms "supply and demand" and you've got ...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of...

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die de...

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the ...

The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscio...

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of t...

The eye sees what it brings the power to see....

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself....

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of...