Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
Violence does even justice unjustly.
Violence does even justice unjustly.
Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is
because there is an Infinite in him, which read more
Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is
because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning
he cannot quite bury under the Finite.
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.
In every object there is inexhaustible meaning; the eye sees in
it what the eye brings means of seeing.
In every object there is inexhaustible meaning; the eye sees in
it what the eye brings means of seeing.
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.
To-day is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our Works
and Thoughts, if they are always to be read more
To-day 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.
If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?
If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?
History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.
History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university read more
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.
Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.
