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 callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five. Thomas Carlyle on happiness
The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done. Thomas Carlyle on happiness
He who has health, has hope and he who has hope, has everything. Thomas Carlyle on health
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Thomas Carlyle on history
History, a distillation of rumour. Thomas Carlyle on history
History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. Thomas Carlyle on history
A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope. Thomas Carlyle on hope
He who has health, has hope and he who has hope, has everything. Thomas Carlyle on hope
It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics. Thomas Carlyle on hope
Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope this world of his is emphatically the place of hope. Thomas Carlyle on hope
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper. Thomas Carlyle on humor
Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius. Thomas Carlyle on humor
Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding. Thomas Carlyle on imagination
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. Thomas Carlyle on knowledge
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge. Thomas Carlyle on love
Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death. Thomas Carlyle on men
No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. Thomas Carlyle on men
Clever men are good, but they are not the best. Thomas Carlyle on men
Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against. Thomas Carlyle on men
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 on men