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.
THOMAS CARLYLEThe merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
More Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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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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Just in the ratio knowledge increases, faith decreases.
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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.
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Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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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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There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
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Foolish 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.
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The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.
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Love is not altogether a Delirium, says he elsewhere; “yet has it many points in common therewith.”
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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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I’ve got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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There is precious instruction to be got by finding we were wrong.
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Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
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