27 quotes
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)
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)
When you know a person particularly well, you cannot escape their ruffled feelings.
The Mortal Storm (1938)
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)
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)
Darkness began to drink up the last cold light upon the mountainside.
The Mortal Storm (1938)
All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.
The Mortal Storm (1938)
I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts!
The Mortal Storm (1938)
There is no thermometer for wants!
The Mortal Storm (1938)
"Ought"! What an ugly word that is!
The Mortal Storm (1938)
[H]urt vanity is one of the cruellest of mortal wounds.
The Mortal Storm (1938)