The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
THOMAS CARLYLEThe merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
THOMAS CARLYLEThe merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
THOMAS CARLYLEMusic is well said to be the speech of angels.
THOMAS CARLYLEEgotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
THOMAS CARLYLEBlessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
THOMAS CARLYLEOnce the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
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 CARLYLENot what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
THOMAS CARLYLEOne monster there is in the world, the idle man.
THOMAS CARLYLEWeak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
THOMAS CARLYLEA man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
THOMAS CARLYLEThe eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
THOMAS CARLYLEEverywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
THOMAS CARLYLEThe first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
THOMAS CARLYLEToday is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.
THOMAS CARLYLEThere are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.
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