Thomas Carlyle's Quotes

Thomas Carlyle's Quotes 128

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left...

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles,...

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful,...

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and...

Wonder is the basis of worship.

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the...

Endurance is patience concentrated.

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being...

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all...

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not...

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have...

History, a distillation of rumour.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over...

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