3 Thomas Carlyle Quotes on Belief
Thomas Carlyle quotes on belief
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The difference between Orthodoxy or Mydoxy and Heterodoxy or Thy-doxy.
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To the Arab Nation it was as a birth from darkness into light; Arabia first became alive by means of it. A poor shepherd people, roaming unnoticed in its deserts since the creation of the world: a Hero-Prophet was sent down to them with a word they could believe: see, the unnoticed becomes world-notable, the small has grown world-great; within one century afterwards, Arabia is at Grenada on this hand, at Delhi on that; - glancing in valor and splendor and the light of genius, Arabia shines through long ages over a great section of the world. Belief is great, life-giving. The history of a Nation becomes fruitful, soul-elevating, great, so soon as it believes.
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A man lives by believing something; not by debating and arguing about many things.
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