Thomas Carlyle

A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#consists #felicity #fortune #inward #man

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#builds #like #nothing #self-confidence #self-esteem

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

— Thomas Carlyle

#bigger #deal #great #great deal #i

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#better #else #get #had #him

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#beginning #every #moment #most #notable

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#exact #government #like #long-run #people

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#chilling #come #contentious #does #lap

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#anything #deliberately #deserve #does #length

No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#eyes #ghost #pair #seen #two

History, a distillation of rumour. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#history #rumour