Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
Thomas Carlyle (December 4 1795 – February 5 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher of great prominence during the Victorian era. His wife was Jane Welsh Carlyle.
Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite.
A man lives by believing something; not by debating and arguing about many things.
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are
A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
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The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity.
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
A person usually has two reasons for doing something, a good reason and the real reason.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.