No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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The true university of these days is a collection of books.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

Alas, the fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better,...

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better,...

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of...

He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of...

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 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.

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made...

To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made...

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

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.

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...

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...

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their...

History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their...

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

The glory of a workman, still more of a master-workman, that he does his work...

The glory of a workman, still more of a master-workman, that he does his work...

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to...

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to...

Wonder is the basis of worship

Wonder is the basis of worship

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of knowledge

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of knowledge

My heart is a gypsy - continuously searching for a home, fighting within itself, wondering...

My heart is a gypsy - continuously searching for a home, fighting within itself, wondering...