Thomas Carlyle

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#alone #anything #commanding #ever #excellent

If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#atheist #religion #religion

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#education #reading #education

All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#literacy #reading #mankind

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#beginning #heart #knowledge #loving

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#boredom #die #exhaustion #got #great

My books are friends that never fail me." (Letter to his mother, Margaret A. Carlyle; 17 March 1817) ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#friends #friendship #reliance #trust #friendship

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#attitude

Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the infinite. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#music #inspirational

The lies (Western slander) which well-meaning zeal has heaped round this man (Muhammad) are disgraceful to ourselves only. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#hoax #islam #lies #muhammad #religion