Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlylewas a Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher. Considered one of the most important social commentators of his time, he presented many lectures during his lifetime with certain acclaim in the Victorian era. One of those conferences resulted in his famous work On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History where he explains that the key role in history lies in the actions of the "Great Man", claiming that "History is nothing but the biography of the...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth4 December 1795
A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
Silence is more eloquent than words.
The soul gives unity to what it looks at with love.
Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die.
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.
Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.
Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.