See deep enough, and you see musically. Thomas Carlyle More Quotes by Thomas Carlyle More Quotes From Thomas Carlyle The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person. Thomas Carlyle events wisdom wise The age of miracles is forever here. Thomas Carlyle miracle age forever The actual well seen is ideal. Thomas Carlyle idealism ideals wells Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking? Thomas Carlyle fine truth men Life is a series of lessons that have to be understood. Thomas Carlyle learning lessons teaching Books are a triviality. Life alone is great. Thomas Carlyle triviality life book Force, force, everywhere force; we ourselves a mysterious force in the centre of that. "There is not a leaf rotting on the highway but has Force in it: how else could it rot?" [As used in his time, by the word force, Carlyle means energy.] Thomas Carlyle rotting energy mean A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads. Thomas Carlyle progress half commitment The archenemy is the arch stupid! Thomas Carlyle arches conflict stupid Variety is the condition of harmony. Thomas Carlyle conditions harmony variety Dishonesty is the raw material not of quacks only, but also in great part dupes. Thomas Carlyle dupes raw-materials lying Wealth of a man is the number of things which he loves and blesses which he is loved and blessed by. Thomas Carlyle blessed numbers men The Persians are called the French of the East; we will call the Arabs Oriental Italians. A gifted noble people; a people of wildstrong feelings, and of iron restraint over these: the characteristic of noblemindedness, of genius. Thomas Carlyle iron feelings people In our wide world there is but one altogether fatal personage, the dunce,--he that speaks irrationally, that sees not, and yet thinks he sees. Thomas Carlyle stupidity world thinking The thing is not only to avoid error, but to attain immense masses of truth. Thomas Carlyle mass errors truth The whole past is the procession of the present. Thomas Carlyle whole history past Experience of actual fact either teaches fools or abolishes them. Thomas Carlyle fool education science Science has done much for us; but it is a poor science that would hide from us the great deep sacred infinitude of Nescience, on which all science swims as a mere superficial film. Thomas Carlyle done swim science Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious. Thomas Carlyle mysterious elements mystery The true eye for talent presupposes the true reverence for it. Thomas Carlyle reverence talent eye
