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

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Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows,...

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows,...

Silence is more eloquent than words.

Silence is more eloquent than words.

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...

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...

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

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

Manners are stronger than laws

Manners are stronger than laws

Blessed is he who has found his work.

Blessed is he who has found his work.

Wonder is the basis of worship.

Wonder is the basis of worship.

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing...

Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing...

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

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 cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament...

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament...

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

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

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of...

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of...

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...

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age...

It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age...

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity

For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry...

For over two thousand years it has been the custom among earnest moralists to decry...