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Quotes by Swedish Authors
"More must be done in concrete terms in order to promote the cause of disarmament."
"Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak."
"Remember, the burden of sorrow is doubled when it is borne alone."
"A vacation spot out of season always has a very special magic."
"We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect."
"In the Christian world... it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil or Satan was an angel of light, who, becoming rebellions, was cast down with his crew, and that this was the origin of hell."
"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?"
"That all who have ever been born men from the beginning of creation, and are deceased, are either in heaven or in hell, follows from those things which have been said and shown in the preceding article, namely, that Heaven and Hell are from the human race."
"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."
"Take one more step because it might be the last one needed."
"Well, in pharmacology, if the effect is local, it's of course absolutely awkward to use it in any other way than as a local treatment."
"It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should realize that it is more dangerous to have access to nuclear arms than not to possess them."
"We here in the North have for many years had a natural tendency to feel that when our representatives come together at an international meeting, we embark on the quest of mutual understanding and support."
"The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner."
"We must remember that the people for whom this change represents a first taste of freedom and a new and brighter future did not allow their resolution to falter, no matter how great the suffering by which they bought this independence."
"The kind of support encouraged by such modes of expression has always arisen basically from confusing the fatherland itself with the social conditions which happened to prevail in it."
"I personally believe that those who are leaders with political power over the world will be forced some day, sooner or later, to give way to common sense and the will of the people."
"Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness."
"I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had denied it, if they had said no, that certainly would have played into the hands of those that would like to take armed action immediately. I have no illusions in that regard."
"People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do."
"The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me."
"That every man after the life in the world lives to eternity, is evident from this, that man is then spiritual, and no longer natural, and that the spiritual man, separated from the natural, remains such as he is to eternity, for man's state cannot be changed after death."
"If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously."
"I am well aware that many will say that no one can possibly speak with spirits and angels so long as he lives in the body; and many will say that it is all fancy, others that I relate such things in order to gain credence, and others will make other objections."
"We think that the Kyoto protocol is a necessary document, necessary process. I am convinced that we will agree to disagree about substance."
"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."
"In a case like Iraq the UN has again shown what important role it plays as the guarantor for protecting international peace and stability in the global political structure."
"The sea is not rising. It hasn't risen in 50 years."
"I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of love."
"I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go?"
"We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the same, that hope lies in cooperation. We can then perhaps keep PEACE."
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