Silence is more eloquent than words.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

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

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

The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.

The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn...

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn...

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything...

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything...

Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an...

Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an...

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...

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the...

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books.

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes...

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes...

Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people...

Democracy is cumbersome, slow and inefficient, but in due time, the voice of the people...

History, a distillation of rumour.

History, a distillation of rumour.

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited...

Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited...

A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in...

A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this,...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this,...

The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.

The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in...

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in...

Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts....

Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts....

Music fills the infinite between two souls

Music fills the infinite between two souls