Necessity dispenseth with decorum.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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

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

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the...

Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the...

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

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

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

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.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

What we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science

What we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Wonder is the basis of worship

Wonder is the basis of worship

Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy

Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.

Love is not altogether a , yet it has many points in common therewith

Love is not altogether a , yet it has many points in common therewith

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

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...

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

The difference between your mind and your heart: Your mind tells you what is smart...

The difference between your mind and your heart: Your mind tells you what is smart...

If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a...

If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a...

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the...

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the...

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...

A house is a machine for living in.

A house is a machine for living in.