Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
Every noble work is at first impossible.
Every noble work is at first impossible.
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 fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway read more
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
Youth is to all the glad reason of life; but often only by what
it hopes, not by what read more
Youth is to all the glad reason of life; but often only by what
it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes.
Violence does even justice unjustly.
Violence does even justice unjustly.
Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.
Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.
Is not every meanest day the confluence of two eternities?
Is not every meanest day the confluence of two eternities?
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.
