The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
Thomas CarlyleWhat we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
Thomas CarlyleIn the true Literary Man there is thus ever, acknowledged or not by the world, a sacredness: he is the light of the world; the world's Priest; -- guiding it, like a sacred Pillar of Fire, in its dark pilgrimage through the waste of Time.
Thomas CarlyleOf all the paths a man could strike into, there is, at any given moment, a best path .. A thing which, here and now, it were of all things wisest for him to do .. To find this path, and walk in it, is the one thing needful for him.
Thomas CarlyleWhen the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with its fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze.
Thomas CarlyleA good book is the purest essence of a human soul.
Thomas CarlyleThe true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
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Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.
Thomas CarlyleIn books lies the soul fo the whole past time.
Thomas CarlyleMy books are friends that never fail me."
(Letter to his mother, Margaret A. Carlyle; 17 March 1817)
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