Parties on the back of Parties, at war with the world and with each other. Thomas Carlyle More Quotes by Thomas Carlyle More Quotes From Thomas Carlyle True friends, like ivy and the wall Both stand together, and together fall. Thomas Carlyle true-friendwallloyalty A stammering man is never a worthless one. Physiology can tell you why. It is an excess of sensibility to the presence of his fellow creature, that makes him stammer. Thomas Carlyle excessanxietymen No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve. Thomas Carlyle ironinspirationalbelieve O poor mortals, how ye make this earth bitter for each other. Thomas Carlyle bitterpoorearth Oh, give us the man who sings at his work. Thomas Carlyle workmotivationalhappiness Only the person of worth can recognize the worth in others. Thomas Carlyle persons A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind. Thomas Carlyle blessinginspirationalmen In idleness there is a perpetual despair. Thomas Carlyle idlenessperpetualdespair Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. Thomas Carlyle confidenceself-esteemadventure This is the eternal law of Nature for a man, my beneficent Exeter-Hall friends; this, that he shall be permitted, encouraged, and if need be, compelled to do what work the Maker of him has intended by the making of him for this world! Not that he should eat pumpkin with never such felicity in the West India Islands is, or can be, the blessedness of our Black friend; but that he should do useful work there, according as the gifts have been bestowed on him for that. Thomas Carlyle makerspurposemen If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? Thomas Carlyle truth-iskindspeak I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. Thomas Carlyle wisdomwarbelieve That there should one man die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, this I call a tragedy. Thomas Carlyle ignorancemenknowledge Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come. Thomas Carlyle naturesummerspring Doubt of any kind cannot be resolved except by action. Thomas Carlyle kinddoubtaction The All of Things is an infinite conjugation of the verb To do . Thomas Carlyle verbsinfinite Love not Pleasure; love God. Thomas Carlyle pleasure-lovepleasuregod-love One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO. Thomas Carlyle convertingcertaintydoubt Feel it in thy heart and then say whether it is of God! Thomas Carlyle heartfeels Thought is the parent of the deed. Thomas Carlyle parentdeedsthinking
