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“A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.”
― Thomas Carlyle

“What 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 Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History

“Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.”
― Thomas Carlyle

“Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.”
― Thomas Carlyle

“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see further.”
― Thomas Carlyle

“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 Carlyle

“Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are”
― Thomas Carlyle

“Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don't happen at all.”
― Thomas Carlyle