When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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

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

All great peoples are conservative.

All great peoples are conservative.

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

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...

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

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

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

Happy the people whose annals are vacant.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

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,...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

Laissez-faire, Supply-and-demand, - one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egoism,...

Laissez-faire, Supply-and-demand, - one begins to be weary of all that. Leave all to egoism,...

Biography is the only true history

Biography is the only true history

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

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

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

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of...

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of...

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...

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at...

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at...

Wonder is the basis of worship

Wonder is the basis of worship

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything...

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything...

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.

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...