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Thomas Carlyle: There they are...

Thomas Carlyle: There they are...

There they are cutting each other's throats, because one half of them prefer hiring their servants for life, and the...

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Thomas Carlyle: True humor springs...

Thomas Carlyle: True humor springs...

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not...

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Thomas Carlyle: To reform a...

Thomas Carlyle: To reform a...

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid,...

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Thomas Carlyle: The heart always...

Thomas Carlyle: The heart always...

The heart always sees before than the head can see.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Thomas Carlyle: The three great...

Thomas Carlyle: The three great...

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant...

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Thomas Carlyle: Today is not...

Thomas Carlyle: Today is not...

Today is not yesterday: we ourselves change; how can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be the fittest,...

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Thomas Carlyle: Weak eyes are...

Thomas Carlyle: Weak eyes are...

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Henry David Thoreau: Is not disease...

Henry David Thoreau: Is not disease...

Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects....

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Henry David Thoreau: We shall see...

Henry David Thoreau: We shall see...

We shall see but little way if we require to understand what we see. How few things can a man measure with the tape of...

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Henry David Thoreau: The sun is...

Henry David Thoreau: The sun is...

The sun is but a morning star.

Source: Walden, Conclusion, 1854.
-- Henry David...

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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: I should not...

Henry David Thoreau: I should not...

I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.

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Henry David Thoreau: Most of the...

Henry David Thoreau: Most of the...

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive...

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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: Most are engaged...

Henry David Thoreau: Most are engaged...

Most are engaged in business the greater part of their lives, because the soul abhors a vacuum and they have not...

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Henry David Thoreau: There are continents...

Henry David Thoreau: There are continents...

There are continents and seas in the moral world, to which every man is an isthmus or inlet, yet unexplored by...

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Stanley Baldwin: I would rather...

Stanley Baldwin: I would rather...

I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles round my...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: You will be...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: You will be...

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

Source: In The...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: The injuries that...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: The injuries that...

The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: We should not...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: We should not...

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only...

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