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 CARLYLENo 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 CARLYLEIt is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.
THOMAS CARLYLEThe soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
THOMAS CARLYLEConviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
THOMAS CARLYLEHe who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
THOMAS CARLYLEThe eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
THOMAS CARLYLEHistory: A distillation of rumor.
THOMAS CARLYLEA great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
THOMAS CARLYLEThe 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.
THOMAS CARLYLEIf 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.
THOMAS CARLYLEDo not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
THOMAS CARLYLEEvery noble work is at first impossible.
THOMAS CARLYLETell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
THOMAS CARLYLESpeech is silver, silence is golden.
THOMAS CARLYLENo man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
THOMAS CARLYLEEgotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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