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Thomas Carlyle Quotes

Thomas Carlyle quotes about believe

Scottish Philosopher December 4, 1795 – February 5, 1881

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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: "No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel..."
No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual..."
I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "A man lives by believing something: not by debating and..."
A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle quote: "The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The..."
The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man. Thomas Carlyle

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