Quote by Thomas Carlyle
The purpose of man is in action not thought. - Thomas Carlyle

The purpose of man is in action not thought. – Thomas Carlyle

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Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope this world of his is emphatically the place of hope. – Thomas Carlyle

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Would that well-thinking people should be replaced by thinking ones. – Natalie Clifford Barney

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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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Never ask, “What reason do I have to be happy?” Instead ask, “To what purpose can I attach my happiness?” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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