Thomas Carlyle

One monster there is in the world, the idle man.

Thomas Carlyle

One of the Godlike things of this world is the veneration done to human worth by the hearts of men.

Thomas Carlyle

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

Thomas Carlyle

Our very walking is an incessant falling; a falling and a catching of ourselves before we come actually to the pavement. It is emblematic of all things a man does.

Thomas Carlyle

Our works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments. Hence, too, the folly of that impossible precept, Know theyself; till it be translated into this partially possible one, know what thou canst work at.

Thomas Carlyle

Out of the lowest depths there is a path to the loftiest heights.

Thomas Carlyle

Pain was not given thee merely to be miserable under; learn from it, turn it to account.

Thomas Carlyle

Painful for a person is rebellious independence, only in loving companionship with his associates does a person feel safe: Only in reverently bowing down before the higher does a person feel exalted.

Thomas Carlyle

Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities of foolish talk.

Thomas Carlyle

Perfect ignorance is quiet, perfect knowledge is quiet; not so the transition from the former to the latter.

Thomas Carlyle