A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults...

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults...

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all...

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all...

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography...

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography...

No person is important enough to make me angry.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

Wonder is the basis of worship.

Wonder is the basis of worship.

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...

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...

Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become...

Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become...

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...

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight...

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight...

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.

If what you have done is unjust, you have not succeeded.