To say that we have a clear conscience is to utter a solecism; had we never sinned we should have had no conscience. Were defeat unknown, neither would victory be celebrated by songs of triumph.
THOMAS CARLYLEOf all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don’t happen at all.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Silence is more eloquent than words.
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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
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There are remedies for all things but death.
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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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A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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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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Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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Experience is the best of school masters, only the school fees are heavy.
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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
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