Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Seasons Quotes

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...

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

In idleness there is a perpetual despair

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

The man who cannot laugh is not only fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; but...

The man who cannot laugh is not only fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; but...

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

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

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it,...

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it,...

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

Biography is the only true history

Biography is the only true history

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,...

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.

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...

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.

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it...

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it...