One monster there is in the world, the idle man.
THOMAS CARLYLENo pressure, no diamonds.
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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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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Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest, continue always the same? Change, indeed is painful; yet ever needful; and if memory have its force and worth, so also has hope.
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Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.
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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.
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No man sees far, most see no farther than their noses.
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Without kindness there can be no true joy.
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He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
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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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Silence is more eloquent than words.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
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If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
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There are but two ways of paying debt: Increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying out.
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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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