Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
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Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.
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Without oblivion, there is no remembrance possible. When both oblivion and memory are wise, when the general soul of man is clear, melodious, true, there may come a modern Iliad as memorial of the Past.
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We have our little theory on all human and divine things. Poetry, the workings of genius itself, which, in all times, with one or another meaning, has been called Inspiration, and held to be mysterious and inscrutable, is no longer without its scientific exposition. The building of the lofty rhyme is like any other masonry or bricklaying: we have theories of its rise, height, decline and fall -- which latter, it would seem, is now near, among all people.
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Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
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After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books.
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Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Once turn to practice, error and truth will no longer consort together.
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In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
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Thought, true labor of any kind, highest virtue itself, is it not the daughter of Pain?
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Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
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Wonder is the basis of worship.