Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. The greatest of faults, I should say is to be conscious of none.
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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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For, strictly considered, what is all Knowledge too but recorded Experience, and a product of History; of which, therefore, Reasoning and Belief, no less than Action and Passion, are essential materials?
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A lie should be trampled on and extinguished wherever found. I am for fumigating the atmosphere when I suspect that falsehood, like pestilence, breathes around me.
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Once turn to practice, error and truth will no longer consort together.
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Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.
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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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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.
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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.
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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.