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Thomas Carlyle: In private life...

Thomas Carlyle: In private life...

In private life I never knew anyone interfere with other people's disputes but he heartily repented of...

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Thomas Carlyle: Man is emphatically...

Thomas Carlyle: Man is emphatically...

Man is emphatically a proselytizing creature.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Thomas Carlyle: Let one who...

Thomas Carlyle: Let one who...

Let one who wants to move and convince others, first be convinced and moved themselves. If a person speaks with...

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Thomas Carlyle: One must verify...

Thomas Carlyle: One must verify...

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.

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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: Variety is the...

Thomas Carlyle: Variety is the...

Variety is the condition of harmony.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Thomas Carlyle: What are your...

Thomas Carlyle: What are your...

What are your historical Facts; still more your biographical? Wilt thou know a Man. . . by stringing-together...

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Thomas Carlyle: What you see,...

Thomas Carlyle: What you see,...

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Thomas Carlyle: Wonderful Force of...

Thomas Carlyle: Wonderful Force of...

Wonderful Force of Public Opinion! We must act and walk in all points as it prescribes; follow the traffic it bids...

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Henry David Thoreau: The way by...

Henry David Thoreau: The way by...

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward.

Source:...

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Henry David Thoreau: The rich man....

Henry David Thoreau: The rich man....

The rich man. . . is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the...

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Henry David Thoreau: If we were...

Henry David Thoreau: If we were...

If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal...

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Henry David Thoreau: It is an...

Henry David Thoreau: It is an...

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their...

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Henry David Thoreau: Public opinion is...

Henry David Thoreau: Public opinion is...

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion--what a man thinks of himself, that is which...

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Henry David Thoreau: If the day...

Henry David Thoreau: If the day...

If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and...

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Henry David Thoreau: Every generation laughs...

Henry David Thoreau: Every generation laughs...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

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Henry David Thoreau: The success of...

Henry David Thoreau: The success of...

The success of great scholars and thinkers is commonly a courtier-like success, not kingly, not...

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Henry David Thoreau: However intense my...

Henry David Thoreau: However intense my...

However intense my experience, I am conscious of the presence and criticism of a part of me, which, as it were, is not...

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Henry David Thoreau: There is no...

Henry David Thoreau: There is no...

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

Source: Walden,...

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Henry David Thoreau: Experience is in...

Henry David Thoreau: Experience is in...

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Source: In...

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