No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign and believe there by the grace of God alone!
THOMAS CARLYLEWho is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
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A man lives by believing something.
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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Teach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
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Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
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Silence is more eloquent than words.
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The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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The world is a thing that a man must learn to despise, and even to neglect, before he can learn to reverence it, and work in it and for it.
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There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.
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There are remedies for all things but death.
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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 say, and make fun of it.
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