Thomas Carlyle Quotes

“One Life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us forevermore!”

― Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes

topic:life death time eternity

“There needs not a great soul to make a hero; there needs a god-created soul which will be true to its origin; that will be a great soul!”

― Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes

topic:truth greatness soul

“A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.”

― Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes

topic:truth

“The outer is of the day, under the empire of mode; the outer passes away, in swift endless changes; the inmost is the same yesterday, to-day and forever.”

― Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes

topic:time self

“No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, could ever compel the soul of a man to believe or to disbelieve: it is his own indefeasible light, that judgment of his; he will reign, and believe there, by the grace of God alone!”

― Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes

topic:freedom God belief soul

“All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men.”

― Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes

topic:men books

“The History of the World, I said already, was the Biography of Great Men.”

― Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes

topic:men greatness history

“Sure enough, of all paths a man could strike into, there is, at any given moment, a best path for every man; a thing which, here and now, it were of all things wisest for him to do”

― Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present

topic:wisdom

“It is well said, in every sense, that a man's religion is the chief fact with regard to him.”

― Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes

topic:religion man importance

“His silence is more eloquent than words.”

― Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes

topic:words silence

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