“ All work of man is as the swimmer's: a vast ocean threatens to devour him if he front it not bravely it will keep its word. Thomas Carlyle
“ The man who cannot laugh is not only fit for treasons strategems and spoils but his whole life is already a treason and a stratagem. Thomas Carlyle
“ Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will. Thomas Carlyle
“ Time is the silent never-resting thing ... rolling rushing on swift silent like an all-embracing oceantide on which we and all the universe swim. Thomas Carlyle
“ The three great elements of modern civilization Gunpowder Printing and the Protestant Religion. Thomas Carlyle
“ The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done. Thomas Carlyle
“ Everywhere the human soul stands between a hemisphere of light and another of darkness; on the confines of two everlasting empires, necessity and free will. Thomas Carlyle
“ History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. Thomas Carlyle
