Thomas Carlyle

“A Dandy is a clothes-wearing Man, a Man whose trade, office and existence consists in the wearing of clothes.”

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

“Culture is the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being.”

“Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.”

“One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.”

“No pressure, no diamonds.”

“It is a strange trade that of advocacy. Your intellect, your highest heavenly gift is hung up in the shop window like a loaded pistol for sale.”

“Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.”

“Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.”

“If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.”

“A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.”

“Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.”

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

“Silence is more eloquent than words.”

“Let each become all that he was created capable of being.”

“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.”

“אומה מאושרת היא זו שדפי ההיסטוריה שלה ריקים.”

“הדמוקרטיה מטבעה מבטלת את עצמה, ובטווח הארוך היא מסתכמת באפס.”

“הדיבור הוא אנושי; השתיקה היא אלוהית.”

“אין זה מחובתנו לצפות מראש את עתידנו, אלא לעשות את מה שבכוחנו.”