Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Music Quotes

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

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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...

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...

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

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.

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything...

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything...

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...

The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.

The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

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 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...

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

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

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...

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to...

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to...

Worship is transcendent wonder.

Worship is transcendent wonder.

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

If you really believe in the brotherhood of man, and you want to come into...

If you really believe in the brotherhood of man, and you want to come into...

The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic...for the grounds for that love have...

The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic...for the grounds for that love have...