History, a distillation of rumour.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It...

It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.

It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.

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

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

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...

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see.

A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a...

A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a...

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

Be not a slave of words.

Be not a slave of words.

The great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was capable of...

The great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was capable of...

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

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

That a parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an...

That a parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an...

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they...

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they...

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is...

I don't like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is...

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is...

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is...

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable...

Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable...

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

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

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.