thomas carlyle

“ Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education. ”

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

“ Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being. ”

“ Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. ”

“ Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men. ”

“ Out of Eternity the new day is born; Into Eternity at night will return. ”

“ Meanwhile, we too admit that the present is an important time? We were wise indeed, could we discern truly the signs of our own time; and by knowledge of its wants and advantages, wisely adjust our own position in it. ”

“ Great men are the inspired texts of that divine Book of Revelations, whereof a chapter is completed from epoch to epoch, and by some named History. ”

“ If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all. ”

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