Thomas Carlyle

• By nature, man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.
• 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.
• 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.
• Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
• Silence is deep as Eternity; Speech is shallow as Time.
• This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.