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
The true university of these days is a collection of books.
The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.
These Arabs, the man Mahomet, and that one century, - is it not as if a spark had fallen, one spark, on a world of what proves explosive powder, blazes heaven-high from Delhi to Granada! I said, the Great man was always as lightning out of Heaven; the rest of men waited for him like fuel, and then they too would flame...
The lightning spark of thought generated in the solitary mind awakens its likeness in another mind.
Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.
Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable.
A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity.
The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once.
Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy!
The universe is but one vast Symbol of God.
Who is it that loves me and will love me forever with an affection which no chance, no misery, no crime of mine can do away? It is you, my mother.
For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity.