Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

Topics: Age Quotes

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.

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had...

The novel can't compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who's had...

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you...

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you...

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as...

Sarcasm is the language of the devil, for which reason I have long since as...

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not...

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not...

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind...

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind...

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

All great peoples are conservative.

All great peoples are conservative.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what...

I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what...

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a...

The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a...

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.