THOMAS CARLYLE Quotes

Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.

Thomas Carlyle

Literature is the Thought of thinking Souls.

Thomas Carlyle

All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads, and sows itself anew.

Thomas Carlyle

Nature admits no lie.

Thomas Carlyle

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Thomas Carlyle

Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Thomas Carlyle

In every man's writings, the character of the writer must lie recorded.

Thomas Carlyle

The three great elements of modern civilization, gunpowder, printing, and the Protestant religion.

Thomas Carlyle

He who would write heroic poems should make his whole life a heroic poem.

Thomas Carlyle

The great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Thomas Carlyle

A word spoken in season, at the right moment, is the mother of ages.

Thomas Carlyle

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-canceling business; and it gives in the long run a net result of zero.

Thomas Carlyle

The Public is an old woman. Let her maunder and mumble.

Thomas Carlyle

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Thomas Carlyle

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

Thomas Carlyle