Thomas Carlyle Battle Quotations

The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against unbelief.

A battle is a terrible conjugation of the verb to kill: I kill, thou killest, he kills, we kill, they kill, all kill.

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 battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief

Evil, once manfully fronted, ceases to be evil; there is generous battle-hope in place of dead, passive misery; the evil itself has become a kind of good.

What is philosophy but a continual battle against custom?