Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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

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

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.

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the...

Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the...

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes...

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes...

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they...

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they...

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

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

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to...

The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to...

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...

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which...

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which...

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.

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing...

The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing...

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

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.

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...

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.

Work alone is noble.

Work alone is noble.