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Quotes by Swedish Authors
"By taking control of the present, you are choosing to alter the past you are making for yourself, and your future too."
"The deepest realization of meditation is that your being is a non-being. It is a nothing, a vast emptiness without boundaries. It is a no-self. The feeling of self, of "I" is false."
"Perhaps people who don't value other people's time are actually reflecting a misunderstanding they have themselves, that of not giving appropriate value to their own time."
"You are valuable, but you are worth as much as you think and make yourself out to be."
"I participate in BDSM, but I wasn't abused as a child. I don't hate women, or particularly enjoy hurting women. Sometimes I make them feel pain, but it's consensual, it serves a purpose-to get them off-and they can indicate that they wish me to stop at any time. I do like the power I get from total submission, and the trust that my partner puts in me to give me everything, from her mind to her body, while expecting nothing in return-except the understanding that I won't violate that trust."
"In the beginning the queen had been a courageous and fair-minded princess very much liked by all, but unfortunately she grew up and became a frightened adult, as adults tend to be. She started loving efficiency and avoiding conflict. As adults do."
"Pain strengthens and failure teaches us the proper way to do things."
"Lack teaches you the importance of what you are lacking."
"Maybe their sorrow over children that never came should have brought the two men closer. But sorrow is unreliable in that way. When people don't share it there's a good chance that it will drive them apart instead."
"Trust is hard to gain, but it is even harder to regain once lost."
"We are always learning, we just have different teachers."
"One of the first things you learn as a leader, whether you choose the position of have it forced upon you, is that leadership is as much about what you don't say as what you do say."
"Death is a strange thing. People live their whole lives as if it does not exist, and yet it's often one of the great motivations for living. Some of us, in time, become so conscious of it that we live harder, more obstinately, with more fury."
"Asking why you should retaliate often solves the problem better than retaliation itself."
"I do not wish for anyone's downfall. The world needs successful people. I just think of ways to add more value to myself, and wish that my adversaries would do the same."
"People usually gossip about people they don't quite understand, are jealous of, or have other negative feelings for."
"I outwitted those that deliberately suppressed me not by retaliating, but by minding my own business, continuing the self-discovery journey and reinventing myself."
"Look into my eyes andYou'll see my mind.A tranquil city,That rebuilt itself and left the past behind."
"Most good decisions that a person make are a result of reflection and the will to change."
"Silence, when correctly timed, can speak multitudes of words to a person, without any extra effort on your part."
"The greatest gift we can give to another person is our love."
"Traditionally men have created a deep split between the inner and outer world, between body and soul, between the material and spiritual world, between love and money and between male and female qualities. The inner man and woman are related to money, creativity and financial abundance. Through investigating the roots of the inner man and woman, we can find the creative potential of both the inner man and woman. Sometimes can either the inner man or woman also provide financial support for both sides, while the other side has the idea that it cannot support itself financially."
"No one is perfect and we all make mistakes, but not all of us admit to mistakes made."
"The heart is the door to our inner woman. The heart is the door to our inner world. The power chakra relates to the inner man. The power chakra relates to the outer world. Irrespective of if we are a man or a woman, the inner woman is the center of our consciousness."
"If you are humble enough to admit to your flaws then you are capable of correcting them."
"You can never rightly judge another person's life because as a person, you only know the truth, with certainty, of your own experiences."
"When our heart is closed, it can create a lonely and isolated feeling together with the attitude: "Nobody loves me" or "Nobody cares about me", which can make it hard for other people to love us."
"A life without a vision is like a kite let loose; it is directed by the forces that be, never giving even the slightest of resistance to life's pressures, eventually ending up far away from home (that comfortable place)."
"There are times when you have to do things for yourself, not because no one else can do it, but because no one else can do it to the degree you want."
"Personally, I think it is better for me to love myself and enjoy being me, than to please someone else by pretending to be someone I'm not."
"What they say doesn't matter because it can be lies, but it's what they do that matters because it always speaks truth."
"The whole point in moving forward is to leave things behind. Once you look back, you stop moving forward. Understanding this makes you move on easier."
"As soon as you start wanting something, then your eyes can see; your mind will be open to identify all the possible ways of obtaining it."
"If all work and no play makes you dull,Then you're on the wrong job."
"I don't judge a person by the place he or she is. I'm more interested in where that person is going, and the steps they are taking to get there."
"It's true what they say, you know. First fuck. First love. First kill. You never forget your first."
"Well, I think the first thing to do when trying to let go of the past is to accept it. Denial only delays the problem for later. Deal with it now."
"You have to know yourself enough to be able to choose friends that you will be compatible with."
"Just be yourself and live life, because no one knows with surety what we are doing here on Earth. Some might guess, but that doesn't mean their opinions are correct."
"Today is nothing but a snapshot of a place I've been, but not the place I'll always be."
"We are who we are, but we know who we are through our response to the changing world."
"Not knowing what to do with your life is a painful thing."
"If you emit positive energy, even people who don't like you will not be negative when around you."
"People said Ove saw the world in black and white. But she was color. All the color he had."
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