Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
THOMAS CARLYLEA laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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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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Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all.
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You can make even a parrot into a learned political economist – all he must learn are the two words “supply” and “demand.”
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The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough.
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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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Do nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
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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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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.
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If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Do 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.
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Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
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Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
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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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