It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.
THOMAS CARLYLEA man lives by believing something.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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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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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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Every noble work is at first impossible.
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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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Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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There can be no acting or doing of any kind till it be recognized that there is a thing to be done; the thing once recognized, doing in a thousand shapes becomes possible.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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No person is important enough to make me angry.
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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
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If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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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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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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