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101 " Bright, heroic, tender, true and noble was that lost treasure of my heart, who faithfully accompanied me in all the rocky ways and climbings; and I am forever poor without her. "
― Thomas Carlyle ,
102 " If you are ever in doubt as to whether or not you should kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt. "
― Thomas Carlyle
103 " The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man. "
104 " Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether. "
105 " The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief "
106 " The greatest of faults...is to be conscious of none. "
107 " In every object there is inexhaustible meaning. "
108 " Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. "
109 " Look to be treated by others as you have treated others. "
110 " This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it. "
111 " Idleness is worst, Idleness alone is without hope: work earnestly at anything, you will by degrees learn to work at almost all things. There is endless hope in work, were it even work at making money. "
― Thomas Carlyle , Past and Present
112 " Of all the acts of man, repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults . . . is to be conscious of none." (Thomas Carlyle) "
113 " Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can. "
114 " In every object there is inexhaustible meaning; the eye sees in it what the eye brings means of seeing. "
115 " You may take my purse; but I cannot have my moral Self annihilated. The purse is any Highwayman's who might meet me with a loaded pistol: but the Self is mine and God my Maker's; it is not yours; and I will resist you to the death, and revolt against you ... "
― Thomas Carlyle , On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History
116 " Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together. "
117 " Does it ever give thee pause that men used to have a soul? Not by hearsay alone, or as a figure of speech, but as a thruth that they knew and acted upon. Verily it was another world then, but yet it is a pity we have lost the tidings of our souls. We shall have to go in search of them again or worse in all ways shall befall us. "
118 " Man is a tool using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. "
119 " Hunger whets everything, especially Suspicion and Indignation. "
― Thomas Carlyle , The French Revolution: A History
120 " History of the world is the biography of the great man. And I said: The great man always act like a thunder. He storms the skies, while others are waiting to be stormed. "