The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall. Thomas Carlyle gunpowdermakeman Change image and share on social
Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding. Thomas Carlyle companyimaginationmatter Change image and share on social
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor. Thomas Carlyle abilityamountavail Change image and share on social
For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that - is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? Thomas Carlyle creationeloquentfact Change image and share on social
Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation after generation, - till its full stature is reached, and such System of Thought can grow no farther, but must give place to another. Thomas Carlyle awakenfarfull 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
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. Thomas Carlyle deepeternityshallow Change image and share on social
No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes. Thomas Carlyle eyeghostpair Change image and share on social
