Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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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...

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

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.

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

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...

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

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

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...

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on...

Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on...

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get...

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get...

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of...

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of...

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.

Silence is as deep as eternity; speech, shallow as time.

All great peoples are conservative.

All great peoples are conservative.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard...

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard...

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...

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or...

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or...

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.