A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason. Thomas Carlyle More Quotes by Thomas Carlyle More Quotes From Thomas Carlyle To know, to get into the truth of anything, is ever a mystic art, of which the best logic's can but babble on the surface. Thomas Carlyle spiritualitylogicart Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men. Thomas Carlyle herotimemen A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men. Thomas Carlyle successinspirationallife The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious. Thomas Carlyle greatnessdifferencesjesus A man lives by believing something. Thomas Carlyle beliefmenbelieve Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable. Thomas Carlyle clothesheartmen The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done. Thomas Carlyle brave-personlaughterhappiness All deep things are song. It seems somehow the very central essence of us, song; as if all the rest were but wrappages and hulls! Thomas Carlyle musicessencesong History is a mighty dramos, enacted upon the theatre of times, with suns for lamps and eternity for a background. Thomas Carlyle theatrehistoricalhistory Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. Thomas Carlyle reformhard-worksuffering Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness. Thomas Carlyle idlenesslaborwriting Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. Thomas Carlyle christianpositiveinspirational The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past. Thomas Carlyle wholehistorypast History is the essence of innumerable biographies. Thomas Carlyle legacyessencehistory The word of Mohammad is a voice direct from nature's own heart - all else is wind in comparison. Thomas Carlyle voiceheartwind 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 silencetimelying 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. Thomas Carlyle musicangelinspiring No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Thomas Carlyle greatnessmenhistory Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can. Thomas Carlyle inspiringinspirationalmen Man, it is not thy works, which are mortal, infinitely little, and the greatest no greater than the least, but only the spirit thou workest in, that can have worth or continuance. Thomas Carlyle spiritlittlesmen
