29 quotes
Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905-1961)
“What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.”
"Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again."
on Forgiveness
"Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment."
on Death
"Forgiveness is the answer to the child’s dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again."
"Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for."
on Faith
"Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up."
on Life
"We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours."
"Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them."
"Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness."
on Relationships
"Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road."
"This accidentalmeeting of possibilitiescalls itself I.I ask: what am I doing here?And, at once, this Ibecomes unreal."
on Philosophy
"He is one of those who has had the wilderness for a pillow, and called a star his brother. Alone. But loneliness can be a communion."
"'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights."
on Human Rights
"Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions."
on Wisdom
"Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible not to run away."
on Courage
"Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was."
on Success
"A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility."
"Acts of violence-- Whether on a large or a small scale, the bitter paradox: the meaningfulness of death--and the meaninglessness of killing."
"Time goes by: reputation increases ability declines."
on Time
"Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small your vision which is muddied? You are the one who must grow up."
"It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity."
