It seems enormous to me that we have the idea of eternity, of justice, of purity, of beauty, when everything that we see is so far from all that! Who has put those visions into our heads? The soul that… — Elisabeth of Wied Copy Share Image
You can never make someone punctual who is not, or quick who is slow, or lively who wants to plod on carefully. I have… — Elisabeth of Wied Copy Share Image
One doesn't know one's self what grain one sows, that works on and on, through one and through many lives, transmitted from heart to… — Elisabeth of Wied Copy Share Image
I am quite above physical death and believe it to be only the birth throes for a much purer life in a much purer… — Elisabeth of Wied Copy Share Image
My greatest wish is to write in such a manner that all may think they have written it themselves. — Elisabeth of Wied Copy Share Image
Never can a room look comfortable without books ... Books ought to be scattered all over the house, even in the passages, in the… — Elisabeth of Wied Copy Share Image
[Written in 1901:] Nothing has been so deplorable for countries as centralization. I am afraid when I see Germany grow so powerful, and centralizing… — Elisabeth of Wied Copy Share Image
It seems enormous to me that we have the idea of eternity, of justice, of purity, of beauty, when everything that we see is… — Elisabeth of Wied Copy Share Image
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