In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government. Thomas Carlyle exactgovernmentlong Change image and share on social
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 contemptdeepessence Change image and share on social
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the delight of life, which they are thenceforth to rule. Thomas Carlyle delightelementemerge Change image and share on social
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence. Thomas Carlyle elbowgivejostle Change image and share on social
Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. Thomas Carlyle brutefaithforce Change image and share on social
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. Thomas Carlyle couragedecentlydesire Change image and share on social
All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. Thomas Carlyle bookliemagic Change image and share on social
Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being. Thomas Carlyle capablecreateculture Change image and share on social
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. Thomas Carlyle adversitydiamonddust Change image and share on social
Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one. Thomas Carlyle minorityopinionprecisely Change image and share on social
