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 CARLYLEFoolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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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!
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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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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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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
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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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A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
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A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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Who 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.
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Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
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The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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Silence is more eloquent than words.
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