• The true Sovereign of the world, who moulds the world like soft wax, according to his pleasure, is he who lovingly sees into the world.

    Thomas Carlyle: The true Sovereign of the world, who moulds the world like soft wax, according to his pleasure, is he who lovingly sees into the world.
    Thomas Carlyle (1857). “Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: (VI, 507 p.)”, p.377