Thomas Carlyle on Action

“Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.”

“Hadst thou not Greek enough to understand thus much: The end of man is an action, and not a thought, though it were the noblest.”

“What is done is done; has already blended itself with the boundless, ever living, ever working universe, and will also work there for good or evil, openly or secretly, throughout all time.”