“ A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun. Thomas Carlyle
“ For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that - is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? Thomas Carlyle
“ Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity speech is shallow as Time. Thomas Carlyle
“ It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and ca… Thomas Carlyle
“ 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 him. Thomas Carlyle
“ All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men. Thomas Carlyle
“ If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation? Thomas Carlyle
“ I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil. Thomas Carlyle
“ To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes. Thomas Carlyle
“ Of all the paths a man could strike into there is at any given moment a best path ... a thing which here and now it were of all things wisest for him to do ... to find this path and walk in it… Thomas Carlyle
“ No magic Rune is stranger than a Book. All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lyingas in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men. Thomas Carlyle
“ The block of granite which was an obstacle in the path of the weak becomes a steppingstone in the path of the strong. Thomas Carlyle
“ To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself. Thomas Carlyle
“ Reform is not pleasant, but grievous no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. Thomas Carlyle
“ There are impertinent inquiries made; your rule is, to leave the inquirer uninformed on the matter; not, if you can help it, misinformed, but precisely as dark as he was! Thomas Carlyle
“ It is a great shame for anyone to listen to the accusation that Islam is a lie and that Muhammad was a fabricator and a deceiver. We saw that he remained steadfast upon his principles, with firm deter… Thomas Carlyle
