In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
THOMAS CARLYLEIn every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.
THOMAS CARLYLEFoolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.
THOMAS CARLYLEA person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
THOMAS CARLYLEWork is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
THOMAS CARLYLESilence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
THOMAS CARLYLEWhen the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
THOMAS CARLYLEA well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
THOMAS CARLYLESilence is more eloquent than words.
THOMAS CARLYLEShow me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
THOMAS CARLYLEPopular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
THOMAS CARLYLEOnce the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
THOMAS CARLYLEA man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
THOMAS CARLYLENo 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!
THOMAS CARLYLEThey only are wise who know that they know nothing.
THOMAS CARLYLEIf you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
THOMAS CARLYLEHe who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
THOMAS CARLYLE