Quotes by swedish authors

Every abstract picture of the world is as impossible as a blueprint of a storm. Don't be ashamed because you're human: be proud! Inside you, vaults behind vaults open endlessly. You will never be finished, and that's as it should be. Tomas Transtromer

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 the right road. Dag Hammarskjold

Will Before Down Right Road Eye Find Horizon Only Never He Step Road Taking Look Test His Fixed Far Next Your Next Step Ground Who Keeps Right

The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me. Greta Garbo

Life Me People My Life Doors Other Side Back Secret Ways Out About Entrance Bother Getting Story Places

I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect. Ingmar Bergman

Army Darkness Must Find Intuition Throw Intellect Send Then Spear

Most things in life come as a surprise. Lykke Li

Life Come Most Surprise Things

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied. Alfred Nobel

Good Satisfied Out Thousand Only Ideas Am Turns

Lawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked. Alfred Nobel

People Believe Living Crooked Only Lawyers Make Line Straight Straight Line

My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics. Alva Myrdal

Life Ethics Philosophy Personal

People in Sweden are very conscious of what people are saying about you. Avicii

Saying You People About Very Sweden Conscious

I used to look so immature, like a young man without self-confidence. There was one particular light blue, shiny cape outfit I wore that still makes me cringe. Bjorn Ulvaeus

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside. Dag Hammarskjold

You Better Will More Voices Outside Within Faithfully Hear Listen

Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold

Death You Will Find Seek Road Makes Which Fulfillment

Children must be impressed with the fact that the greatest heroes are those who fight to help others, not those who fight for power or glory. They must be made to understand that victory does not prove that the thing fought for is right, nor that defeat proves that a cause is wrong. Ellen Key

Fight Cause Victory Heroes Made Power Help Others Defeat Others Those Must Fact Wrong Glory Understand Greatest Does Prove Proves Nor Impressed Children Help Who Fought Right Thing

When the sense of solidarity has been developed to such a point that each one feels the cause of all others as his own, we shall be drawing near to international and to social peace. Ellen Key

Peace Cause Own Sense Others Drawing Solidarity Has-Been Shall Point Developed Feels Been His Social International Each Each One Near

That every man after the life in the world lives to eternity, is evident from this, that man is then spiritual, and no longer natural, and that the spiritual man, separated from the natural, remains such as he is to eternity, for man's state cannot be changed after death. Emanuel Swedenborg

In society, liberty for one may mean the suppression of liberty for others. Gunnar Myrdal

Liberty Society Others Suppression May Mean

Well, the truth is I'm very scared for people to dislike me. I have conflict-avoidance. Hans Rosling

Truth Me Truth Is People Scared Well Very Dislike

I'm very, very lazy. I love to sit in a chair and look out the window and do nothing. Ingmar Bergman

Love Sit Nothing Out Window Lazy Look Very Chair

I struggle with myself every day - I am a lonesome person. I talk to my family - and I connect to some people deeply along the way - but I am a restless soul. Singing is the most immediate relief. Lykke Li

Myself Day Family Struggle Soul Every Day People Some People Lonesome Singing Every Way Immediate Relief Restless Some Along Most Talk Am Person Connect Deeply