Force, force, everywhere force; we ourselves a mysterious force in the centre of that. "There is not a leaf rotting on the highway but has Force in it: how else could it rot?" [As used in his time, by the word force, Carlyle means energy.]
Thomas CarlyleThe only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.
Thomas CarlyleIn a different time, in a different place, it is always some other side of our common human nature that has been developing itself. The actual truth is the sum of all these.
Thomas CarlyleThe difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great conscious and the immeasurably great unconscious.
Thomas Carlyle