He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everyt... - Thomas Carlyle

"If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it."

"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge."

"My books are friends that never fail me."(Letter to his mother, Margaret A. Carlyle; 17 March 1817)"

"(Quoted by Thomas Carlyle) The rude man requires only to see something going on. The man of more refinement must be made to feel. The man of complete refinement must be made to reflect."

"All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books."