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Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun."

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one."

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one.




Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time."

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus."

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.




Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Without kindness there can be no true joy."

Without kindness there can be no true joy.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Literature is the thought of thinking souls."

Literature is the thought of thinking souls.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God."

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.




Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "The true university of these days is a collection of books."

The true university of these days is a collection of books.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy."

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then."

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether."

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else."

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.




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

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



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally, among mankind."

Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally, among mankind.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Man is emphatically a proselytizing creature."

Man is emphatically a proselytizing creature.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "One monster there is in the world, the idle man."

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



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth."

Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world."

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "It is through symbols that man consciously or unconsciously lives, works and has his being."

It is through symbols that man consciously or unconsciously lives, works and has his being.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer."

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Laissez-faire, supply and demand-one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egotism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause-it is the gospel of despair."

Laissez-faire, supply and demand-one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egotism, to ravenous greed of money, of pleasure, of applause-it is the gospel of despair.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "He that can work is born to be king of something."

He that can work is born to be king of something.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Silence is more eloquent than words."

Silence is more eloquent than words.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Speech is great, but silence is greater."

Speech is great, but silence is greater.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "That a Parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an entity which by its very nature cannot do work, but can do talk only."

That a Parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an entity which by its very nature cannot do work, but can do talk only.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance."

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "As there is no danger of our becoming, any of us, Mahometans (i.e. Muslim), I mean to say all the good of him I justly can."

As there is no danger of our becoming, any of us, Mahometans (i.e. Muslim), I mean to say all the good of him I justly can.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment."

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment."

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together."

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with."

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve."

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; care not for the reward of your speaking, but simply and with undivided mind for the truth of your speaking."

Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; care not for the reward of your speaking, but simply and with undivided mind for the truth of your speaking.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "All human souls, never so bedarkened, love light; light once kindled spreads till all is luminous."

All human souls, never so bedarkened, love light; light once kindled spreads till all is luminous.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent."

The beginning of all wisdom is to look fixedly on clothes, or even with armed eyesight, till they become transparent.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Great is wisdom; infinite is the value of wisdom. It cannot be exaggerated; it is the highest achievement of man."

Great is wisdom; infinite is the value of wisdom. It cannot be exaggerated; it is the highest achievement of man.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct."

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Wise man was he who counselled that speculation should have free course, and look fearlessly towards all the thirty-two points of the compass, whithersoever and howsoever it listed."

Wise man was he who counselled that speculation should have free course, and look fearlessly towards all the thirty-two points of the compass, whithersoever and howsoever it listed.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "To be true is manly, chivalrous, Christian; to be false is mean, cowardly, devilish."

To be true is manly, chivalrous, Christian; to be false is mean, cowardly, devilish.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder."

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "If a man was great while living, he becomes tenfold greater when dead."

If a man was great while living, he becomes tenfold greater when dead.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere."

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze."

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only."

The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown."

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "The spiritual is the parent of the practical."

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love."

The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe."

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.



Thomas Carlyle Quotes: "Acorns are planted silently by some unnoticed breeze."

Acorns are planted silently by some unnoticed breeze.