In idleness there is a perpetual despair

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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A force as of madness in the hands of reason has done all that was...

A force as of madness in the hands of reason has done all that was...

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...

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn...

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn...

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

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...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes...

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made...

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made...

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...

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.

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished...

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished...

The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to...

The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to...

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical...

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical...

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.