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Quotes by Swedish Authors
"What you do now will be in the past right after you do it."
"He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil."
"It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses."
"I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go?"
"Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon."
"We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect."
"I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference."
"Often we are identified with either the inner man or woman, while the other side is hidden and unexpressed. Outer relationships are a mirror of the relationship and communication between our own inner man and female side. Sometimes one side is dominant, while the other side is submissive."
"A peaceful mind is a powerful mind...Set your mind at ease and take charge of yourself."
"Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening."
"The world is richer than ever, and the gaps between rich and poor are wider."
"Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?"
"He acted like a libertine of Europe with a genteel Southern propriety-and had all the morals of an emotionless psychopath. The two former masked the latter, like leaves covering a snare. You didn't notice the steel jaws until they were impaled in your flesh, and by then it was already far too late to run."
"Moreover, no one is judged from the natural man, thus not so long as he lives in the natural world, for man is then in a natural body; but everyone is judged in the spiritual man, and therefore when he comes into the spiritual world, for man is then in a spiritual body."
"Nobody ever reaches to God, God comes to you when you are open and receptive, when you are ready."
"A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so."
"There is a danger of changing too much in the search for perfection."
"There are angels that receive more interiorly the Divine that goes forth from the Lord, and others that receive it less interiorly; the former are called celestial angels, and the latter spiritual angels."
"It is a commonplace that the League of Nations is not yet-what its most enthusiastic protagonists intended it to be."
"Globalisation makes it clear that social responsibility is required not only of governments, but of companies and individuals. All sources must interact in order to reach the MDGs."
"It has been popular to threaten "small islands and low-lying coasts" with scenarios of disastrous future flooding. The Maldives has been the most utilised target. We have undertaken a careful analysis of actual sea level changes in the Maldives. No rise has been recorded either in the present or the past centuries."
"The angels taken collectively are called heaven, for they constitute heaven; and yet that which makes heaven in general and in particular is the Divine that goes forth from the Lord and flows into the angels and is received by them."
"It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration be given to the nationality of the candidates, but that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not."
"It is bitter to think of one's best years disappearing in this unpolished country."
"Don't turn a blind eye to those that empathize; that care when no one else does, because it could lead to a very satisfying and meaningful relationship, with profound levels of loyalty."
"Bergman has a very special eye for people. His background taught him to listen and to feel."
"The act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation; and the good are then removed, and the evil are left behind."
""Freedom from fear" could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights."
"Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was."
"As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago?"
"We're so concerned with the idea of what we ought to be that we fail to take into account the things that make us who we really are."
"Skype is for any individual who has a broadband Internet connection."
"Nobody alive today can tell me how much I am worth. I change that everyday."
"We have 2 million users in the U.S. and about 13 million worldwide in more than 200 countries."
"I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation."
"Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever."
"The late 20th century sea level rise rate lacks any sign of acceleration. Satellite altimetry indicates virtually no changes in the last decade."
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