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

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard...

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard...

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.

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

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.

Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have gained, but what we...

Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have gained, but what we...

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief...

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief...

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

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

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

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

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 spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

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...

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of...

The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of...

All great peoples are conservative.

All great peoples are conservative.

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.

A force as of madness in the hands of reason has done all that was...

A force as of madness in the hands of reason has done all that was...

I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human...

I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human...

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...