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Thomas Carlyle: The seagreen Incorruptible....

Thomas Carlyle: The seagreen Incorruptible....

The seagreen Incorruptible.

Source: Referring to Robespierre. History of the French...

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Thomas Carlyle: To the mean...

Thomas Carlyle: To the mean...

To the mean eye all things are trivial, as certainly as to the jaundiced they are yellow.

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Thomas Carlyle: The outer passes...

Thomas Carlyle: The outer passes...

The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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Thomas Carlyle: Thought once awakened...

Thomas Carlyle: Thought once awakened...

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man,...

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Thomas Carlyle: The first sin...

Thomas Carlyle: The first sin...

The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Thomas Carlyle: What is aristocracy?...

Thomas Carlyle: What is aristocracy?...

What is aristocracy? A corporation of the best, of the bravest.

Source: 'Chartism' ...

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Henry David Thoreau: The youth gets...

Henry David Thoreau: The youth gets...

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth,...

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Henry David Thoreau: There are nine...

Henry David Thoreau: There are nine...

There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man.

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Henry David Thoreau: Sometimes we are...

Henry David Thoreau: Sometimes we are...

Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate...

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Henry David Thoreau: The broadest and...

Henry David Thoreau: The broadest and...

The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain...

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Henry David Thoreau: Haste makes waste,...

Henry David Thoreau: Haste makes waste,...

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

Source:
-- Henry David...

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Henry David Thoreau: We can never...

Henry David Thoreau: We can never...

We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic...

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Henry David Thoreau: Live your beliefs...

Henry David Thoreau: Live your beliefs...

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

Source: From Journey in Word,...

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Henry David Thoreau: Poverty ... It...

Henry David Thoreau: Poverty ... It...

Poverty ... It is life near the bone, where it is sweetest.

Source: In Correct...

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Henry David Thoreau: Any man more...

Henry David Thoreau: Any man more...

Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one.

Source: In...

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Henry David Thoreau: When I hear...

Henry David Thoreau: When I hear...

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the...

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Henry David Thoreau: Music is perpetual,...

Henry David Thoreau: Music is perpetual,...

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Source: In Webster's...

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A J Balfour: The energies of...

A J Balfour: The energies of...

The energies of our system will decay, the glory of the sun will be dimmed, and the earth, tideless and inert, will no...

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Mark Twain: What is there...

Mark Twain: What is there...

What is there in Rome for me to see that others have not seen before me? What is there for me to touch that others...

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Jean Paul: No heroine can...

Jean Paul: No heroine can...

No heroine can create a hero through love of one, but she can give birth to one.

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