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
It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.
A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.
The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time.
If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.
Laughter is one of the very privileges of reason, being confined to the human species.
Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.
He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.
Endurance is patience concentrated.