Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become clearer.

Thomas Carlyle

The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self - Activity.

Thomas Carlyle

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

The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder - waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you.

Thomas Carlyle

Silence is deep as Eternity speech is shallow as Time.

Thomas Carlyle

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

Thomas Carlyle