Metaphysics is the attempt of the mind to rise above the mind. Thomas Carlyle More Quotes by Thomas Carlyle More Quotes From Thomas Carlyle Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books. Thomas Carlyle wonderfulmenbook He who would write heroic poems should make his whole life a heroic poem. Thomas Carlyle heroicwritinglife Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don't happen at all. Thomas Carlyle troubleleadershipworry Habit and imitation--there is nothing more perennial in us than these two. They are the source of all working, and all apprenticeship, of all practice, and all learning, in this world. Thomas Carlyle practicetwoworld A man perfects himself by working. Foul jungles are cleared away, fair seed-fields rise instead, and stately cities; and with the man himself first ceases to be a jungle, and foul unwholesome desert thereby. The man is now a man. Thomas Carlyle citiesworkmen 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 independencehumilitydoe To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. Thomas Carlyle foolish-manwisemen It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe. Thomas Carlyle mathsciencehands Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. Thomas Carlyle menhistoryworld Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom. Thomas Carlyle charitygrowthkingdoms Great is journalism. Is not every able editor a ruler of the world, being the persuader of it? Thomas Carlyle editorsableworld Literature is the thought of thinking souls. Thomas Carlyle soulliteraturethinking He that can work is born to be king of something. Thomas Carlyle birthkingswork A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner. Thomas Carlyle workmotivationalinspirational The first purpose of clothes... was not warmth or decency, but ornament.... Among wild people, we find tattooing and painting even prior to clothes. The first spiritual want of a barbarous man is decoration; as indeed we still see among the barbarous classes in civilized countries. Thomas Carlyle spiritualmencountry Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight. Thomas Carlyle planninglearningbusiness A good book is the purest essence of a human soul. Thomas Carlyle essencesoulbook Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. Thomas Carlyle toolsanimalmen Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so. Thomas Carlyle hard-workmotivationalinspirational Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. Thomas Carlyle sorrowtimebirthday
