39 quotes
It is true that her heart is sick, but where there is laughter there is always more health than sickness.
Survival (1943)
Neither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called "common men and women" have increased it.
Survival (1943)
Even not being liked has a certain virtue about it, if the reason for the dislike does not lie in yourself!
The Mortal Storm (1938)
A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.
Survival (1943)
It is a good thing to learn early that other people's opinions do not matter, unless they happen to be true.
The Mortal Storm (1938)
Knowledge cannot be changed, but the use to which it may be put can very easily be changed.
The Mortal Storm (1938)
Time stood as still as an enemy in ambush.
The Mortal Storm (1938)
It is a very dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practise.
The Mortal Storm (1938)
Our responsibility to ourselves comes first — because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others!
The Mortal Storm (1938)
When lightning strikes, the mouse is sometimes burned with the farm.
The Mortal Storm (1938)
A blossom must break the sheath it has been sheltered by.
The Mortal Storm (1938)
No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance.
The Mortal Storm (1938)
There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
When you know a person particularly well, you cannot escape their ruffled feelings.
The Mortal Storm (1938)
Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within.
Survival (1943)
Even the slightest failure was an indignity to Olaf; but to Hans failure had no more moral significance than success.
The Mortal Storm (1938)
I have prized courage. For with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it — he is never for one instant safe!
The Mortal Storm (1938)
A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife’s character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.
Survival (1943)
Curses are children of hate; they belong to the wrong family! Prayers are better than curses!
The Mortal Storm (1938)
He was so nearly honest a man, that his undigested lie, mortally disagreed with him.
The Mortal Storm (1938)