More quotes by Thomas Carlyle

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