In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there...

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there...

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man...

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man...

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind...

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind...

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred...

When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

Wonderful ''Force of Public Opinion!'' We must act and walk in all points as it...

Wonderful ''Force of Public Opinion!'' We must act and walk in all points as it...

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

History is the essence of innumerable biographies

History is the essence of innumerable biographies

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their...

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their...

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes...

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes...

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma,...

As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma,...

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

If you believe in an unseen Christ, you will believe in the unseen Christlike potential...

If you believe in an unseen Christ, you will believe in the unseen Christlike potential...