One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
THOMAS CARLYLEOne monster there is in the world, the idle man.
THOMAS CARLYLEJust in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
THOMAS CARLYLEWithout kindness there can be no true joy.
THOMAS CARLYLEA well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
THOMAS CARLYLEEvery day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
THOMAS CARLYLEA person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.
THOMAS CARLYLEDo 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.
THOMAS CARLYLEIf 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.
THOMAS CARLYLENot what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
THOMAS CARLYLEDemocracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them.
THOMAS CARLYLEEgotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
THOMAS CARLYLEEverywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
THOMAS CARLYLEOf all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
THOMAS CARLYLEHe who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
THOMAS CARLYLEDo nothing, only keep agitating, debating; and things will destroy themselves.
THOMAS CARLYLESpeech is silver, silence is golden.
THOMAS CARLYLE