Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts. Thomas Carlyle artbrutishdead Change image and share on social
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Thomas Carlyle biographygreathistory Change image and share on social
The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion. Thomas Carlyle civilizationelementgreat Change image and share on social
History, a distillation of rumour. Thomas Carlyle distillationhistoryrumour Change image and share on social
He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything. Thomas Carlyle healthhope Change image and share on social
A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun. Thomas Carlyle exhibitfindfortune Change image and share on social
He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years. Thomas Carlyle advanceaffairday Change image and share on social
All great peoples are conservative. Thomas Carlyle conservativegreatpeople Change image and share on social
To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes. Thomas Carlyle bladeeyegod Change image and share on social
Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen. Thomas Carlyle cheerfulcheerfulnessendurance Change image and share on social