Thomas Carlyle ( 10 of 167 )
He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of
virtuous living.
He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of
virtuous living.
All comes out even at the end of the day.
All comes out even at the end of the day.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.
This Mirabeau's work, then is done. He sleeps with the primeval
giants. He has gone over to the majority: read more
This Mirabeau's work, then is done. He sleeps with the primeval
giants. He has gone over to the majority: "Abiit ad plures."
Of a truth, men are mystically united: a mystic bond of
brotherhood makes all men one.
Of a truth, men are mystically united: a mystic bond of
brotherhood makes all men one.
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.
Money, which is of very uncertain value, and sometimes has no
value at all and even less.
Money, which is of very uncertain value, and sometimes has no
value at all and even less.
Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the
world, being the persuader of it?
Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the
world, being the persuader of it?
Commemoration of Albrecht Dürer, artist, 1528, and Michelangelo Buonarrotti, artist, spiritual writer, 1564 Sweep away the illusion of read more
Commemoration of Albrecht Dürer, artist, 1528, and Michelangelo Buonarrotti, artist, spiritual writer, 1564 Sweep away the illusion of Time; glance, if thou have eyes, from the near moving-cause to the far-distant Mover. The stroke that came transmitted through a whole galaxy of elastic balls, was it less a stroke than if the last ball only had been struck, and sent flying? Oh, could I transport thee direct from the Beginnings to the Endings, how were thy eyesight unsealed, and thy heart set flaming in the Light-sea of celestial wonder! Then sawest thou that this fair Universe, were it in the meanest province thereof, is in very deed the star-domed City of God; that through every star, through every grass-blade, and most through every Living Soul, the glory of a present God still beams. But Nature, which is the Time-vesture of God and reveals Him to the wise, hides Him from the foolish.
Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two read more
Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of the two everlasting empires, necessity and free will.
