The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Debt is a bottomless sea.

Debt is a bottomless sea.

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is...

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is...

In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

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.

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

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

No pressure, no diamonds.

No pressure, no diamonds.

Silence is more eloquent than words

Silence is more eloquent than words

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...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

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

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

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

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,...

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books

Happy the people whose annals are blank in history books

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...

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...

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it...

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it...

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.