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Quotes by Swedish Authors

"People said Ove saw the world in black and white. But she was color. All the color he had."

"True happiness involves the freedom to be yourself."

"Your opposition is the most powerful tool you can use to rise up."

"To achieve something, action is needed; but thoughtful and calculated action is better."

"Any empathic person who knows how valuable time is will think twice before wasting another person's time, because losing time is losing a part of your life."

"Reflection and learning are lifelong processes..."

"Fear of failure is deceptive.Don't do it, you'll fail, it says.Courage is inceptive.It's where success starts."

"The road might seem long,But the joy of arriving makes it all worth it.All I have to do is be strong."

"Without habitual self-examination, you can be hypocritical, but not see it."

"The inner woman is the source of healing. The inner woman is the source of silence. The inner woman is the source of love. The inner woman is the source of belongingness with life. Embracing the inner man and woman is to discover our inner roots and wings."

"Thoughts have the power,To change how you perceive the world around you,To inflict worry, or make peace abound too."

"The villains were always ugly in books and movies. Necessarily so, it seemed. Because if they were attractive-if their looks matched their charm and their cunning-they wouldn't only be dang."

"Age doesn't determine maturity. It's the depth of life that does, not its duration."

"The good don't masquerade their goodness, they just are."

"Avoiding things that you deem unattainable on first sight will limit you."

"Let your hair loose, and enjoy the breeze.Go out into the woods and sit under trees,Do whatever it takes and set your mind at ease."

"When you choose to act on your problems, you cease to be a victim of circumstance and become a force of change; that's when you transition to not only being a survivor, but to being a leader or hero too, and an inspiration to those still in the victim's mindset."

"Presence is not a question of judging or evaluating a client or a client's situation. Presence is to see the client's situation in a positive and creative light with a vision for how the present situation of the client relates to his further spiritual development. It is to accept a person as he is. It is to understand that the person is exactly where he needs to be in order to take the next step in his spiritual development. It is not about fighting with problems, darkness, drama and defences on the personality level, it is about becoming aware. It is about lighting the light in the inner being of another person."

"It is what you do about the fear you feel that sets you apart, to be a coward or a courageous person."

"The human heart operates from two premises: "I Am Responsible" and "Only Love Works."

"Silence is the invisible door to God. Silence is the inner door to become one with God."

"If you can't find a good enough reason to do something, then why do it?"

"Originality of mind untainted,And enthusiasm for life, unlimited."

"Running away, avoiding life's battles or giving up robs you of the opportunity to grow and be stronger."

"When you know your role in life, living makes sense because of clarity, and the loads become enjoyable to carry."

"Accept loyalty gratefully, and accept betrayal with a smile, knowing that it teaches you life lessons."

"Money doesn't change you, it reveals you. Money is just an enabler, whatever a person chooses to do with it is a reflection of their character."

"Okay, let's recap.So I lost a few good things, but wait;There's other fish in the sea.And my heart's still here: the bait.It has a few cracksAnd a couple of shark bites,But it's alright.A bleeding heart is never one to wait in the water for long.I wonder what my next catch will be.."

"Subjugation requires vigilance; if you relax your brutality even for a moment, the people you're oppressing will revolt at the first sign of weakness. That's why dictatorial regimes are always a slippery slope of cruelty doomed to end in failure."

"Is it not a sign of immaturity to wish for someone's downfall? To wish that he or she fails at whatever productive endeavours they are aiming at? Wishing to be the only one succeeding, while everyone else fails?It's a world where we are all dependent on one another, one way or the other; and trade is happening at a much more sophisticated level than ever before. It is to our collective benefit for people to succeed."

"Most problems can be effectively dealt with before they are in full swing."

"A gift freely given,I did not ask to be in this state: living."

"Introspect.You know yourself more each day,Yet, you find out how little you know yourself too."

"Nonetheless, I know where I'm coming from,I've got an idea on where I'm going,And with the way things are going,I'm just glad to be me."

"Time is the easiest asset to spend recklessly..."

"It is not something you can tell by looking at a person, but trust is always being increased or decreased as you interact with a person."

"By worrying about what will happen next year or the year after, you are using up today's time to do so."

"A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts."

"Comfortable in my own skin,I'm madly in love with myself."

"Changes occur and expectations change. Reality brings new possibilities, while destroying some too. It's true: the future is uncertain."

"There will never be another day such as this one, with all the variables of life combining in such a way to form this opportunity. So don't let it go, grab it."

"We all have special attributes that are of value to someone. Find your place of value. You are never useless. You just need to find your place."

"Intuition is to develop a trust in yourself, and to the silent whisperings of your heart. If you trust yourself, you can trust others, you can trust existence."

"Hearts may break, and relationships end, but life goes on. You can't stop life's motion; it's either you let life pass you by or you go with it's motion."

"Power given up is power given away."

"Now,Because I put you in the past,My life is like:A path paved,Fit for your feet.Now other women walk on it;And not one of them fits.Walking crooked, on a path that's straight.I watch them.They don't even have your gait."

"People only picked the pretty, sweet-smelling flowers. The ones with thorns were left alone."

"Problems come few and far between in the life of a proactive person."
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