What did Thomas Carlyle mean by: Is not light grander than fire? It is the same element in a state of purity. Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland Copy
+ The mystery of a person, indeed, is ever divine to him that has a sense for the godlike. Author, December 22, 2023December 29, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Divinity, Mystery, Perception, 0 Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ Let me have my own way in exactly everything and a sunnier and pleasanter creature does not exist. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Control, Happiness, Selfishness, 0 Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ He who cannot withal keep his mind to himself cannot practice any considerable thing whatsoever. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Achievement, Focus, Privacy, 0 Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ He who would write heroic poems should make his whole life a heroic poem. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Dedication, Identity, Inspiration, 0 Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ Naps are a way of traveling painlessly through time into the future. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Escapism, Rest, Time, 0 Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Contemplation, Creation, Potential, 0 Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Connection, Imagination, Understanding, 0 Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
+ Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Thomas Carlyle, Achievement, Confidence, Self-esteem, 0 Thomas Carlyle Philosopher and historian · Scotland
The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art. Maurice Merleau-Ponty Philosopher · France
Whenever I see a Frans Hals I feel like painting, but when I see a Rembrandt I feel like giving up! Max Liebermann Painter · Germany
