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Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Thomas Carlyle quotes

Scottish Philosopher December 4, 1795 – February 5, 1881

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True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "Love is ever the beginning of knowledge as fire is of light."
Love is ever the beginning of knowledge as fire is of light. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness."
Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge."
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "Love is not altogether a delirium, yet it has many points in..."
Love is not altogether a delirium, yet it has many points in common therewith. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work..."
Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you. Thomas Carlyle
Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death. Thomas Carlyle
Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will. Thomas Carlyle
Some comfort it would have been, could I, like a Faust, have fancied myself tempted and tormented of the Devil; for a Hell, as I imagine, without Life, though only Diabolic Life, were more frightful: but in our age of Downpulling and Disbelief, the very Devil has been pulled down, you cannot so much as believe in a Devil. To me the Universe was all void of Life, of Purpose, of Volition, even of Hostility: it was one huge, dead, immeasurable Steam-engine, rolling on, in its dead indifference,... Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "One life - a little gleam of Time between two Eternities."
One life - a little gleam of Time between two Eternities. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by..."
Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "The tragedy of life is not so much whatmen suffer, but rather..."
The tragedy of life is not so much whatmen suffer, but rather what they miss. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all..."
The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the..."
When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but..."
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do. Thomas Carlyle

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