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 CARLYLETeach a parrot the terms ‘supply and demand’ and you’ve got an economist.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
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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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Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
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Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
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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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Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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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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Endurance is patience concentrated.
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The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief.
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Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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Without kindness there can be no true joy.
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Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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