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
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don't happen at all.
Of all the paths a man could strike into, there is, at any given moment, a best path .. A thing which, here and now, it were of all things wisest for him to do .. To find this path, and walk in it, is the one thing needful for him.
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
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.
Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.
It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe.
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
No pressure, no diamonds.
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.