Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.
Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.
Big Sky Buckeye 
“What we do” … but only if it comes out of who we are 🙂
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Our personal fabric is always behind what we do.
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Beautiful thought.
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Ashok, thanks for reading and sharing. I have enjoyed finding these messages from Thomas Carlyle. I remember from my undergraduate time years ago that economics is sometimes labeled as the “dismal science.” In looking further, the phrase has been credited to Carlyle.
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That is interesting. New to me
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Thanks Ashok for sharing back. I intend to find more of Carlyle’s writings to share.
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there is so much knowledge and wisdom just sitting there in books, waiting for us to absorb it…
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Indeed Jim! I was reading a bit about Carlyle. He is credited with coining the phrase “dismal science” when referring to economics. I can remember the phrase when I took an Intro to Economics class during my undergraduate days. Not exactly a plug to become an economist!
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thanks for that piece of info; I should have known that; I was an econ major in collge!
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May we not only thing of gain but the virtue of the things we do in of itself!
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Amen! Thank you Jim for sharing this perspective.
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=)
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