Inspirational Quotes by Thomas Carlyle
“Al wat de mensheid heeft gedaan, gedacht, gewonnen, of is geweest, dat ligt als door toverkunst vastgelegd in boeken.”
“»In Büchern liegt die Seele aller gewesenen Zeit.«”
“A well-written Life is almost as rare as a well-spent one. – Thomas Carlyle”
“I think Scandinavian Paganism, to us here, is more interesting than any other. It is, for one thing, the latest; it continued in these regions of Europe till the eleventh century; 800 years ago the Norwegians were still worshippers of Odin. It is interesting also as the creed of our fathers; the men whose blood still runs in our veins, whom doubtless we still resemble in so many ways.”
“Материя сама по себе, внешний материальный мир - это либо ничто, либо продукт человеческого воображения”
“It is absolutely indispensable, for most people, especially for the like of me, so thin-skinned and so confused at being, to get into perfect seclusion of mind from time to time and to be well alone”
“Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.”
“Of the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful and worthy are the things we call Books! –”
“None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.”
“Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.”
“A man perfects himself by working. Foul jungles are cleared away, fair seed-fields rise instead, and stately cities; and with the man himself first ceases to be a jungle, and foul unwholesome desert thereby. The man is now a man.”
“To prosper in this world, to gain felicity, victory and improvement, either for a man or a nation, there is but one thing requisite, That the man or nation can discern what the true regulations of the Universe are in regard to him and his pursuit, and can faithfully and steadfastly follow these.”
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Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era. He called economics "the dismal science", wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator.
Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was expected by his parents to become a preacher, but while at the University of Edinburgh, he lost his Christian faith. Calvinist values, however, remained with him throughout his life. This combination of a religious temperament with loss of faith in traditional Christianity made Carlyle's work appealing to many Victorians who were grappling with scientific and political changes that threatened the traditional social order.