Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it.
The nations which have received and in any way dealt fairly and mercifully with the Jew have prospered, and the nations that have tortured and oppres… - Olive Schreiner
The nations which have received and in any way dealt fairly and mercifully with the Jew have prospered, and the nations that have tortured and oppres…
- Olive Schreiner
The surest sign of fitness is success. - Olive Schreiner
The surest sign of fitness is success.
Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist. - Olive Schreiner
Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist.
My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad. - Olive Schreiner
My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad.
The secret of success is concentration ... Taste everything a little, look at everything a little; but live for one thing. - Olive Schreiner
The secret of success is concentration ... Taste everything a little, look at everything a little; but live for one thing.
A child sees everything, looks straight at it, examines it, without any preconceived idea; most people, after they are about eleven or twelve, quite … - Olive Schreiner
A child sees everything, looks straight at it, examines it, without any preconceived idea; most people, after they are about eleven or twelve, quite …
The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but wh… - Olive Schreiner
The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but wh…
If the bird does like its cage, and does like its sugar and will not leave it, why keep the door so very carefully shut? - Olive Schreiner
If the bird does like its cage, and does like its sugar and will not leave it, why keep the door so very carefully shut?
Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn. - Olive Schreiner
Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.
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