Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881) was a Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, translator, historian, mathematician, and teacher. Considered one of the most important social commentators of his time, he presented many lectures during his lifetime with acclaim in the Victorian era. A respected historian, his 1837 book The French Revolution: A History was the inspiration for Charles Dickens’ 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities, and remains popular today. Carlyle’s 1836 Sartor Resartus is a notable philosophical novel.
Quotes by Thomas Carlyle…
The great law of culture is: Let each become all that he was created capable of being; expand, if possible, to his full growth; resisting all impediments, casting off all foreign, especially all noxious adhesions, and show himself at length in his own shape and stature, be these what they may.
Love is ever the beginning of knowledge, as fire is of light.
The true sovereign of the world, who moulds the world like soft wax, according to his pleasure, is he who lovingly sees into the world.
The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.
The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough.