There is but one temple in this Universe: The Body. We speak to God whenever we lay our hands upon it. – Thomas Carlyle
Our life is not really a mutual helpfulness; but rather, its fair competition cloaked under due laws of war; its a mutual hostility. – Thomas Carlyle
Real good breeding, as the people have it here, is one of the finest things now going in the world. The careful avoidance of all discussion, the swift hopping from topic to topic, does not agree with me; but the graceful style they do it with is beyond that of minuets! – Thomas Carlyle
For suffering and enduring there is no remedy, but striving and doing. – Thomas Carlyle