Thomas Carlyle

"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."

"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."

"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."

"By nature, man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears."