... I see the green earth covered with the works of man or with the ruins of men’s work. The pyramids weigh down the earth, the tower of Babel has pierced the sky, the lovely temples and the gray castles have fallen into ruins. But of all those things which hands have built, what hasn’t fallen nor ever will fall? Dear friends, throw away the trowel and mortarboard! Throw your masons’ aprons over your heads and lie down to build dreams! What are temples of stone and clay to the soul? Learn to build eternal mansions of dreams and visions!
There is always a third possibility, as long as you have the ability to find it. - Selma Lagerlöf
There is always a third possibility, as long as you have the ability to find it.
- Selma Lagerlöf
Women can do nothing that has permanence. - Selma Lagerlöf
Women can do nothing that has permanence.
Never repeat a rumor before you have verified it. And if it is true, hold your tongue all the more. - Selma Lagerlöf
Never repeat a rumor before you have verified it. And if it is true, hold your tongue all the more.
Strange, when you ask anyone's advice you see yourself what is right. - Selma Lagerlöf
Strange, when you ask anyone's advice you see yourself what is right.
Nothing on earth can make up for the loss of one who has loved you. - Selma Lagerlöf
Nothing on earth can make up for the loss of one who has loved you.
No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind. - Selma Lagerlöf
No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind.
For, so long as there are interesting books to read, it seems to me that neither I nor anyone else, for that matter, need be unhappy. - Selma Lagerlöf
For, so long as there are interesting books to read, it seems to me that neither I nor anyone else, for that matter, need be unhappy.
He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep. - Selma Lagerlöf
He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep.
What is so certain of victory as patience? - Selma Lagerlöf
What is so certain of victory as patience?
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