The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Thomas CarlyleRead
If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?
Interpretation
The quote suggests that anyone can embody the qualities of a hero by being sincere and genuine.
Thomas Carlyle's quote challenges the traditional notion of heroism as something reserved for extraordinary individuals. By equating a 'hero' with sincerity, he implies that every person possesses the potential to be a hero through their genuine actions and honesty, encouraging us to reflect on our own capacity for greatness in daily life.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech about personal development.
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
Thirty millions, mostly fools.
There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write.
For the superior morality, of which we hear so much, we too would desire to be thankful: at the same time, it were but blindness to deny that this superior morality is properly rather an inferior criminality, produced not by greater love of Virtue, but by greater perfection of Police; and of that far subtler and stronger Police, called Public Opinion.
Enjoying things which are pleasant; that is not the evil; it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them that is.
Clean undeniable right, clear undeniable might: either of these once ascertained puts an end to battle. All battle is a confused experiment to ascertain one and both of these.
The kind of spirituality I value is one in which you get great joy out of contributing to life, not just sitting and meditating, although meditation is certainly valuable. But from meditation, from the resulting consciousness, I would like to see people in action creating the world they want to live in.
Look to the lighthouse of the Lord. There is no fog so dense, no night so dark, no gale so strong, no mariner so lost but what its beacon light can rescue.
Small things done with great love will change the world.
I believe that having something to hope for - even if it's just a better tomorrow- is the most powerful drug on this planet.
I will clamber through the clouds and exist.
When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It's not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It's up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside.
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