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

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

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

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...

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...

Be not a slave of words.

Be not a slave of words.

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,...

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

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

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

Blessed is he who has found his work.

Blessed is he who has found his work.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

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...

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...

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.

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 deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough...

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough...

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight...

A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight...

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of...

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of...