Thomas Carlyle

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

Thomas Carlyle

Every man is my superior in that I may learn from him.

Thomas Carlyle

Every poet, be his outward lot what it may, finds himself born in the midst of prose; he has to struggle from the littleness and obstruction of an actual world into the freedom and infinitude of an ideal.

Thomas Carlyle

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

Thomas Carlyle

For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.

Thomas Carlyle

Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you.

Thomas Carlyle

He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of daily virtuous living.

Thomas Carlyle

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Thomas Carlyle

I don’t like to talk much with people who always agree with me. It is amusing to coquette with an echo for a little while, but one soon tires of it.

Thomas Carlyle

I don’t pretend to understand the Universe – it’s a great deal bigger than I am.

Thomas Carlyle