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.
THOMAS CARLYLEA person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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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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No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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The first duty of man is that of subduing fear.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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It’s a man’s sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet.
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No pressure, no diamonds.
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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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Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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No person is important enough to make me angry.
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