More quotes by Thomas Carlyle

"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge."
"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge."
"Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius."
"My books are friends that never fail me."(Letter to his mother, Margaret A. Carlyle; 17 March 1817)"
"True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper."