The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

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...

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

The purpose of man is in action, not thought.

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

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

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

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It...

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It...

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

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.

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is...

It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is...

History is the essence of innumerable biographies

History is the essence of innumerable biographies

Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong.

Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to...

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to...

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

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

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...

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

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

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better,...

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better,...

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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...