When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with it fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.

Quote by Thomas Carlyle

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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...

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical...

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical...

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

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

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

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.

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 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...

A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a...

A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a...

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always...

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always...

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.

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows,...

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows,...

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is...

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is...

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

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

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

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not...

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not...

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

Music is well said to be the speech of angels.

You always feel better when you sing. Music touches people's hearts. You know, it doesn't...

You always feel better when you sing. Music touches people's hearts. You know, it doesn't...

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul