Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
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
Ridicule is the language of the devil.
Ridicule is the language of the devil.
The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.
no man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.
Love is not altogether a delerium, yet it has many points in common therewith.
Love is not altogether a delerium, yet it has many points in common therewith.
Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light
and another of darkness; on the confines of two read more
Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light
and another of darkness; on the confines of two everlasting
hostile empires, Necessity and Freewill.
Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.
Histories are as perfect as the Historian is wise, and is gifted
with an eye and a soul.
The spiritual is the parent of the practical.
The spiritual is the parent of the practical.
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
