Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of
course, powerful muscles, but no read more
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of
course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Wonder is the basis of worship
Wonder is the basis of worship
Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their
thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God
Almighty read more
Midas-eared Mammonism, double-barrelled Dilettantism, and their
thousand adjuncts and corollaries, are not the Law by which God
Almighty has appointed this His universe to go.
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the read more
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Arrestment, sudden really as a bolt out of the blue has hit
strange victims.
Arrestment, sudden really as a bolt out of the blue has hit
strange victims.
For there is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a
biography, the life of a read more
For there is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a
biography, the life of a man; also, it may be said, there is no
life of a man, faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its
sort, rhymed or unrhymed.
We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, read more
We do everything by custom, even believe by it; our very axioms, let us boast of free-thinking as we may, are oftenest simply such beliefs as we have never heard questioned.
On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is
unworthy a religious man to view read more
On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is
unworthy a religious man to view an irreligious one either with
alarm or aversion; or with any other feeling than regret, and
hope, and brotherly commiseration.
It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to 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.
Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole
city is affected by read more
Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole
city is affected by the licentious passions and vices of great
men, so it is likewise reformed by their moderation.
