Thomas Carlyle

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling read more

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.

The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.

The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.

Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite
shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must read more

Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite
shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must so
see it in any finite thing, once tempt him well to fix his eyes
thereon.

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when read more

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that lies in the human heart, is there to encourage it

Ridicule is the language of the devil.

Ridicule is the language of the devil.