They have their belief, these poor Thibet people, that Providence sends down always an Incarnation of Himself into every generation. At bottom some belief in a kind of Pope! At bottom still better, belief that there is a Greatest Man; that he is discoverable; that, once discovered, we ought to treat him with an obedience which knows no bounds! This is the truth of Grand Lamaism; the "discoverability" is the only error here.


Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840) - The Hero as Divinity

Thomas Carlyle Quotes

They have their belief, these poor Thibet people, that Providence sends down always an Incarnation of Himself into every generation. At bottom some...

They have their belief, these poor Thibet people, that Providence sends down always an Incarnation of Himself into every generation. At bottom some...

They have their belief, these poor Thibet people, that Providence sends down always an Incarnation of Himself into every generation. At bottom some...

They have their belief, these poor Thibet people, that Providence sends down always an Incarnation of Himself into every generation. At bottom some...