Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves
together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and read more
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves
together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and
majestic, into the daylight of Life, which they are thenceforth
to rule.
The unspeakable Turk should be immediately struck out of the
question, and the country be left to honest European read more
The unspeakable Turk should be immediately struck out of the
question, and the country be left to honest European guidance.
It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind
of work he is read more
It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind
of work he is to do in this universe.
And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as
conceivable.
And yet without labour there were no ease, no rest, so much as
conceivable.
A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.
A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.
A parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the
Twenty-seven millions, mostly fools.
A parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the
Twenty-seven millions, mostly fools.
His religion at best is an anxious wish,--like that of Rabelais,
a great Perhaps.
His religion at best is an anxious wish,--like that of Rabelais,
a great Perhaps.
Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow
destruction.
Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow
destruction.
For the eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought
with it the means of seeing."
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For the eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought
with it the means of seeing."
- Thomas Carlyle,
Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.
Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.
