Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and...

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....

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

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

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

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

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...

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if...

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all...

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all...

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.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

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...

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we...

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we...

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man...

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man...

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

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

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...

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

The true past departs not, no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or...

The true past departs not, no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or...

Be not a slave of words.

Be not a slave of words.

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.

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...

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.