Inspiration Quote by Thomas Carlyle — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.”

“This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.”

“Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.”

“This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.”

“By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.”

“Every poet... finds himself born in the midst of prose. He has to struggle from the littleness and obstruction of an actual world into the freedom and infinitude of an ideal.”

“If we could learn to like ourselves, even a little, maybe our cruelties and angers might melt away.”

“Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible.”

“To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.”

“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.”

“Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.”

“Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.”