No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
THOMAS CARLYLEA person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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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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Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
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He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
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Every 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.
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A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
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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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In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
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Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
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Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
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Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
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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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Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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