What you see, but can't see over is as good as infinite.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

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...

What we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science

What we might call, by way of eminence, the Dismal Science

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....

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be noblest

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be noblest

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see

It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and...

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and...

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

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.

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

The true university of these days is a collection of books.

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

Habit is the deepest law of human nature

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 cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament...

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament...

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

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.

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of...

Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of...

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...

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...